Simulium spp. control program in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

AUTOR(ES)

Mardini, Lucia Beatriz LF, Torres, Maria Amélia N, Silveira, Geraldo Lopes da, Atz, Ana Maria V

FONTE

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2000

RESUMO

Insects of the Simuliidae family have been the object of control in Rio Grande do Sul since the 70s. Their constant attacks became a social-economical problem as well as a problem of Public Health, with serious consequences to men and to the economy of the areas in which the insects develop. At first, the control was done with a chemical larvicide Themephos ABATE 500 E, but an imperfect measuring of outflow to determine the quantity of the product made Simulium spp. resistant to it. From 1983 on, following a study of a new method for the outflow measuring, we started to use a biological larvicide Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis based. The biological control uses the new method in 36.4% of the state area, assisting about 3,500,000 inhabitants.

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