A Dengue no Município de Rio Verde-GO no contexto da Pandemia de COVID-19

Abstract

The dengue fever is a common arbovirus in tropical regions whose vector is the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the same as Yellow fever, Chikungunya and Zika virus. The disease represents a serious public health problem throughout Brazil. With the advent of the new coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, cities were forced to concentrate all their efforts to contain the virus. In this context, this study aims to analyze the behavior of Dengue during the Covid-19 pandemic in the city of Rio Verde-GO. For this, graphs and tables were created in the Microsoft EXCEL program showing dengue behavior between the years 2016-21, comparing the years before the pandemic and during the pandemic. The results showed that during the pandemic, dengue cases in the city decreased considerably compared to previous years, pointing to a possible underreporting of cases. Furthermore, it was analyzed how the disease behaved in the city's neighborhoods, reporting a concentration of cases in the eastern part of the city.