Irregular water supply, household usage and dengue: a bio-social study in the Brazilian Northeast Abastecimento irregular de água, seu uso domiciliar e dengue: uma pesquisa biossocial no Nordeste do Brasil

• Main Authors: Andrea Caprara (Author), José Wellington de Oliveira Lima (Author), Alice Correia Pequeno Marinho (Author), Paola Gondim Calvasina (Author), Lucyla Paes Landim (Author), Johannes Sommerfeld (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite increased vector control efforts, dengue fever remains endemic in Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil, where sporadic epidemic outbreaks have occurred since 1986. Multiple factors affect vector ecology such as social policy, migration, urbanization, city water supply, garbage disposal and housing co...