Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases in Urban Slums: Opportunities for Intervention

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Yale School of Public Health. Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. New Haven, USA
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Universidade Federal da Bahia. lnstituto de Biologia. Salvador, BA, Brasil
University of Liverpool. Institute of Integrative Biology. Liverpool,UK
University of California. School of Public Health. Department of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology. Berkeley, USA
Yale School of Public Health. Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases. New Haven, USA

Abstract

Urban slums provide conditions that increase the risk of exposure to vector-borne and zoonotic pathogens. Large interventions, such as social and sanitary changes, are a priority but their implementation is challenging. Integration between the multidisciplinary understanding of pathogens' dynamics and community participatory approaches is a key prevention strategy.

Keywords in Portuguese

Zoonoses
Favelas
Controle de vetores
Comunidade
Planejamento urbano
Urbanização
Diversidade biológica

Keywords

Zoonoses
Biological diversity
Vector control
Community
Urban planning
Urbanization

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Elsevier

Citation

COSTA, F. et al. Zoonotic and Vector-Borne Diseases in Urban Slums: Opportunities for Intervention. Trends in Parasitology, n. 17, 2017.

DOI

10.1016/j.pt.2017.05.010

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1471-4922

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/20047

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