%0 Journal Article %T RESEARCH AND INFESTATION OF CASES OF DENGUE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES %A Edmar Silva Oliveira %J Engenharia Ambiental : Pesquisa e Tecnologia %D 2011 %I Environmental Engineering Course / UNIPINHAL %X This paper aims to demonstrate to the infestation of Aedes aegypti and dengue cases that occurred in the rural communities covered by the municipality of Assis Chateaubriand ¨C PR. The survey was conducted during 2009, divided into two stages, to survey the infestation was used to house infestation (IIP). Five communities were considered positive when the presence of Aedes aegypti infestation levels of communities was higher Charmed the West, Newfoundland, Nice. These data showed that higher rates will be higher infestation rate risk of people being affected by the mosquito. Dengue cases occurred more frequently in communities that had high rates of infestation. The population through prevention and awareness is one way to prevent the spread of the dengue mosquito Aedes aegypti in rural communities. %K dengue %K communities %K index %K prevention %U http://189.20.243.4/ojs/engenhariaambiental/include/getdoc.php?id=1563&article=533&mode=pdf