Dynamics of Urban Arboviruses Transmitted by Aedes Aegypti in Brazil: Integrative Literature Review
Kélia das Graças de Paiva Macias Nakai
Instituto Oráculo de Psicanálise (IOP), Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil.
Girlene Ferreira Quingosta
State University of Pará (UEPA), Epidemiology and Hospital Infection Control, Intensive Care Nursing and Nephrology Nursing, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Tamara dos Santos Ferreira
Public Health and Family Health from Salvador University, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Andressa Torres Oliveira
Maternidade Januário Cicco, Empresa Brasileira de Serviços Hospitalares (EBSERH), Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Danielle de Alencar Alves dos Santos Franco
University of the Amazon (UNAMA), Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Simone do Socorro de Souza Ribeiro
Escola Superior da Amazônia. Postgraduate in Nephrology Nursing and Health Management and Auditing, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
João Victor Moura Rosa
Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Wanessa Yasmin Silva Prado Carneiro
Mauricio de Nassau University, Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil.
Lucilene Lima Sousa
Nurse at Amazon University Center (UNIESAMAZ), Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Sandy Costa dos Santos
Empresa Brasileira de Serviços Hospitalares (EBSERH), Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Larissa Karem Santos
University of the Amazon (UNAMA), Brazil.
Leonardo Silva da Costa
Santa Casa de Misericórdia Foundation of Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Rozinete Lima Lopes
Infectious and Parasitic Agents from the Federal University of Para, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Daniel André Lima Lopes
Specialist in Health Education, SESPA/FSCMPA, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Elíuze de Fátima Silva Costa
UEPA, Working in Clinical Medical Nursing Care, Hospital Barros Barreto, UFPA, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Maria do Perpétuo Socorro Paixão de Lima
Magalhães Barata School of Nursing, Specialist in Tropical Diseases, Nursing Assistant at the João de Barros Barreto University Hospital, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Maria Angélica da Silva
Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Brazil.
Tânia dos Santos Coutinho
University of the Amazon (UNAMA), Brazil.
Hidenilsa Lea Silva Azevedo
Brazil Amazon Integrated College (FIBRA), Brazil.
Ana Cláudia de Oliveira Barbosa
University of the Amazon (UNAMA). Specialization in Management and Social Service (Ipiranga College), Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Kátia Silene Oliveira e Silva
Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Nedson Sombra Gemaque
University of the Amazon (UNAMA), Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Ana Paula de Oliveira da Silva
State University of Pará (UEPA), Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Thiago Simplício Costa
State University of Pará (UEPA), Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Ana Caroline Guedes Souza Martins *
State University of Pará (UEPA), Belém, Pará, Brazil.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Background: Urban arboviruses transmitted by Aedes aegypti represent a growing challenge for Brazilian public health, with significant impacts in terms of morbidity and mortality, overload of health services and socio-environmental inequalities.
Objective: Analyze the dynamics of urban arboviruses transmitted in Brazil as a basis for more effective control actions.
Method: This is an integrative literature review, with searches carried out in the SciELO, LILACS, PubMed and BVS databases, using descriptors such as “arboviruses”, “Aedes aegypti”, “dengue”, “chikungunya” and “Zika virus”. Complete articles in Portuguese, English and Spanish, published between 2018 and 2025, with a clinical, epidemiological, environmental or political focus were included. Data analysis was performed through thematic categorization.
Results: Twenty-three studies were selected and organized into five categories: epidemiological patterns; environmental and climatic conditions; epidemiological surveillance and monitoring technologies; clinical aspects and complications; and prevention and control strategies. A progressive increase in cases, influence of socio-environmental factors, limitations in surveillance, clinical severity and weaknesses in the implementation of public policies were observed.
Conclusion: The analysis indicates that the persistence of arboviruses in Brazil results from the interaction between structural failures and a fragmented institutional response. It concludes that strengthening epidemiological surveillance, combined with the integration of sustainable, evidence-based public policies, is essential to reducing the impact of these diseases.
Keywords: Arbovirus infections, communicable diseases, emerging, epidemiologic surveillance services, public health