OBJECTIVE:

Describing the process of structuring the environmental monitoring network of the Brazilian spotted fever and other rickettsial diseases.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

Conducting theoretical and practical training talking about collection methods, fixing and transporting vectors; collection and control of hosts and amplifiers for blood collection and the taxonomy of vectors carried out in endemic areas of the disease in Brazil.

RESULTS:

Ten Brazilian States were qualified (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Distrito Federal, Góias, Mato Grosso, Bahia and Tocantins), 216 professionals were trained and the activities had participants from 85 municipalities and Distrito Federal, which represents 11.48% of the municipalities that register cases of Brazilian spotted fever and other rickettsial diseases.

CONCLUSION:

The standardization of methods, structuring and strategic ordination of activities for the investigation of cases and environmental monitoring will contribute to the opportunity of epidemiological clinical suspicion and in prevention actions, main factors for reducing morbidity and mortality.