[Phlebotomine (Diptera: Psychodidae) and leishmaniasis in Rio Grande do Norte State Brazil: anthropic environment responses]. / Flebotomíneos (Diptera: Psychodidae) e leishmanioses no Rio Grande do Norte, Nordeste do Brasil: reflexos do ambiente antrópico.

Natural environmental changes or those resulting from anthropic factors and their impact on infectious diseases have been evaluated in several studies. The objective of this work was to analyze the correlation between the anthropic environment, phlebotomine and leishmaniases in Rio Grande do Norte State, in Northeast Brazil. Information relative to the distribution of vector species in visceral and tegumentary leishmaniasis areas was associated to the record of cases notified by Public Health organs. The analysis suggests associations between the vector species and distribution of the disease with demographic and physionomic characteristics, disorderly growth in the metropolitan area, living conditions and environmental degradation of the Eastern Littoral, the principal area of notified visceral leishmaniasis cases.

Flebotomíneos (Diptera: Psychodidae) e leishmanioses no Rio Grande do Norte, Nordeste do Brasil: reflexos do ambiente antrópico / Phlebotomine (Diptera: Psychodidae) and leishmaniasis in Rio Grande do Norte State Brazil: anthropic environment responses

As alterações ambientais, naturais ou resultantes de ações antrópicas e seu impacto sobre as doenças infecciosas têm sido avaliados em diversos estudos. Com o objetivo de analisar possíveis correlações entre o ambiente antrópico, flebotomíneos (Diptera: Psychodidae) e leishmanioses no Rio Grande do Norte, Nordeste do Brasil, foram associadas informações relativas à distribuição de espécies vetoras em áreas de leishmaniose visceral e tegumentar ao registro de casos notificados pelos órgãos de saúde pública. A análise aponta para a existência de associações entre as espécies vetoras e distribuição da doença com características demográficas, fisionômicas, crescimento desordenado da área metropolitana, condições de vida e degradação ambiental do Litoral Oriental, principal área de notificação de casos de leishmaniose visceral.

Natural environmental changes or those resulting from anthropic factors and their impact on infectious diseases have been evaluated in several studies. The objective of this work was to analyze the correlation between the anthropic environment, phlebotomine and leishmaniases in Rio Grande do Norte State, in Northeast Brazil. Information relative to the distribution of vector species in visceral and tegumentary leishmaniasis areas was associated to the record of cases notified by Public Health organs. The analysis suggests associations between the vector species and distribution of the disease with demographic and physionomic characteristics, disorderly growth in the metropolitan area, living conditions and environmental degradation of the Eastern Littoral, the principal area of notified visceral leishmaniasis cases.