Arboviruses are a public health problem because of the potential of the dispersal vector
mosquito, its ability to adapt to new environments and hosts, and the possibility of causing
epidemics. In Brazil, the main arboviruses are Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika, since
arboviruses that cause these diseases obtain the same vectors that are commonly found in
urban areas (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus), due to the fact that the urban area offers
conditions favorable to the development of these vectors, such as warmer climate, artificial
and natural breeding sites for oviposition and population density. Despite these data, there are
few studies in the Amazon regarding knowledge of urban populations in relation to the
environment and interaction with the population. Thus, the school is a starting point for
introducing health education so that students later disseminate information in society. From
this perspective, the general objective of this work was to analyze the conceptions of the
students of the third year of the High School of the State School Deputy Josué Claudio de
Souza adjacent to the Environmental Protection Area (APA) of the Federal University of
Amazonas (UFAM) about diseases caused by vectors. of arboviruses. Given the proximity of
this population to one (APA). To analyze the students' conception of the subject matter, a
structured questionnaire was applied and the data collected were analyzed in a qualitative and
quantitative manner. Entomological collections were performed at the peridomicile, forest
edge and forest, to survey arbovirus vector mosquitoes, to finally show the data to the
students, these data were quantified, identified and tabulated. From the analysis of the
questionnaires, it was possible to conclude that the students have a satisfactory basic level of
knowledge about the main arboviruses in Brazil, since the students correctly answered the
questions corresponding to most categories of the questionnaire. However, only 23.3% were
able to associate the presence of mosquitoes in the school due to the anthropization process of
APA-UFAM. This is alarming given that vectors of arboviruses (Aedes aegypti and Aedes
albopictus) and species with records of natural arbovirus infections (Limatus durhamii) were
found in the school. On the forest edge (Trichoposopon digitatum) and in the forest (Sabethes
glaucodaemon and Trichoposopon digitatum) were found mosquitoes that are naturally
infected with arboviruses that can be transmitted to humans. Based on the analysis of the
questionnaires, a lecture was held to explain the existing doubts and the relationship between
the natural environment and the urban environment, their consequences due to the
anthropization process related to the public health problem, arboviruses.
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