Cinqüenta anos do Laboratório de Entomologia: 1937-1987

Coleção Entomológica de Referência: 85 anos de contribuições à saúde pública

“…Both Brazil and the State of Sao Paulo suffered from the impact of the epidemics of malaria and yellow fever, besides other endemics associated with hematophagous insects 5 . It was during this period that the entomology laboratory became a center of worldwide recognition both for its research in hematophagous insect systematics and in ecology, biology and vector behavior 6 .…”

“…Because of the importance and scope of the research conducted, researchers from other institutes in Brazil and abroad joined the entomology laboratory during its 85 years of uninterrupted activities. Thus, it was possible to train successive generations of specialists whose actions leveraged and expanded the approaches of public health entomology 3 , 6 .…”

“…Thanks to the encouragement of American entomologists Nelson Davis and Raymond Shannon and the initiatives of Antunes and Lane, on July 16, 1937, the Hygiene Institute witnessed the birth of CER ( Figures 1 and 2 ). The consolidation of the collection as a reference center was attended by Augusto Leopoldo Ayroza Galvão, Renato Corrêa, José de Oliveira Coutinho, Nelson Cerqueira, Ernesto Xavier Rabello, Oswaldo Paulo Forattini and others 6 , 3 . Forattini’s over six hundred articles on various groups of hematophagous insects, Sallum’s on the family Culicidae and Galati’s on the subfamily Phlebotominae represent the natural continuation and expansion of entomological research begun in the 1930s.…”

“…Manguinhos, Fiocruz (RJ) and the emerging FSP. CER was born as a natural consequence of the research developed by Antunes and Lane 6 . However, research on mosquitoes began before the creation of CER, in 1932, when Paulo Antunes assumed the leadership of the Section of Applied Parasitology and Rural Hygiene.…”

“…Nessa época, tanto o Brasil como o estado de São Paulo sofriam com o impacto das epidemias de malária e febre amarela, além de outras endemias associadas a insetos hematófagos 5 . Foi nesse período que o laboratório de entomologia se tornou centro de reconhecimento mundial tanto por suas pesquisas em sistemática de insetos hematófagos como em ecologia, biologia e comportamento de vetores 6 .…”