IntroductionYellow fever is a non-contagious infectious disease, highly lethal, transmitted by the Aedes, Haemagogus and Sabethes.MethodsDescriptive retrospective study of the yellow fever cases in Amazonas, between 1996 and 2009.ResultsForty two cases of yellow fever were confirmed, with 30 deaths, 10% of which were foreigners.ConclusionsThe presence of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in both rural Amazonas and its capital demonstrates the dispersion of these vectors and underscores the need for better and continuous epidemiological and entomological control.

No município de Manaus, a intensificação do processo migratório, aliada a precária vigilância epidemiológica e entomológica, resultou na reintrodução da transmissão de malária no perímetro urbano, zona Leste, em julho de 1988, após 13 anos sem registro de autoctonia. Este estudo descreve sobre a situação epidemiológica da malária e áreas que sofreram ações antrópicas (desmatamento, assentamentos humanos, atividades de piscicultura, etc.) em Manaus, no período entre 1986 e 2005. Nesse Município, o incremento populacional em 2005 atingiu 105,2%, em relação a 1986, resultado de ocupação dos espaços (invasões e conjuntos habitacionais). A partir de 2003, a doença teve incremento acima 2.000% em relação a 1986. Nessas áreas ocorreu aumento da incidência da doença. O índice parasitário anual no Município oscilou de baixo a médio risco, e entre as zonas urbanas, variou de sem risco a alto risco. As zonas Leste, Oeste e Norte onde ainda existem áreas com características rurais apresentaram maior receptividade e vulnerabilidade de transmissão.

In the municipality of Manaus, intensification of the migratory process, along with precarious epidemiological and entomological surveillance, resulted in reintroduction of malaria transmission on the urban perimeter (in the eastern zone), in July 1988, after 13 years without any records of autochthonous disease. This study reports on the epidemiological situation relating to malaria and to the areas that were subjected to human actions (deforestation, human settlement, fish-rearing activity, etc) in Manaus, between 1986 and 2005. In this municipality, the population increase from 1986 to 2005 was 105.2%. This resulted from occupation of space, in the form of invasions and housing projects. From 2003, the increase in relation to 1986 was more than 2,000%. In these areas, there were increases in disease incidence. The annual parasitic index in the municipality ranged from low to medium risk and, between urban zones, it ranged from no risk to high risk. In the eastern, western and northern zones, which still contain areas with agricultural characteristics, there was greater receptivity and vulnerability to transmission.