Influence of rainfall and urban sanitation on the spread of the Zika Virus in Santa Inês-BA
Abstract
Diseases transmitted by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito are some of the major urban diseases of our time and has caused concern to civil society and government. This paper aims to study the relationships between rainfall, sanitation and dissemination of Zika virus in Santa Ines, Bahia, with the methodology the survey data in the Secretaria Municipal de Saúde on cases of zika by street, month and day in order to relate precipitation and sanitary conditions of the streets. The work shows the relationship between rainfall and cases of Zika, suggesting the use of the fortnightly bulletin of the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (INMET) for planning educational and combat aedes aegypti mosquitoes by the municipality. Moreover, it shows relations between the improper disposal of solid waste and effluent with cases of Zika in the streets where field work was carried out.

