IMPACTO DE ALTERAÇÕES AMBIENTAIS NA TRANSMISSÃO DA MALÁRIA E PERSPECTIVAS PARA O CONTROLE DA DOENÇA EM ÁREAS DE ASSENTAMENTO RURAL DA AMAZÔNIA BRASILEIRA

Abstract

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IMPACT IN MALARIA TRANSMITION AND PROSPECTS FOR THE DISEASE CONTROL IN BRAZILIAN AMAZON RURAL SETTLEMENTS. Malaria is one of the most important parasitic diseases of the world, and Brazil is the country that contributes with the largest number of malaria cases in the American continent. Although 99% of notified cases occur in the Legal Amazon, there is great heterogeneity of malaria transmission within the Amazon region, which can be explained by different factors, such as environmental and entomological issues, host and parasite biology. In this article, a literature review of possible interactions between the environment and malaria is presented, focusing malaria in  rural agricultural settlements. Issues such as environmental changes and their impact in plasmodial transmission, spatial malaria heterogeneity, land use and deforestation alternatives, and perspectives for disease control within rural settlements are discussed. 

Keywords: Malaria; deforestation; Amazon; rural settlements.