Dengue Outbreaks in High-Income Area, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, 2003–2009

Lin, Chia-Hsien; Schiøler, Karin L.; Jepsen, Martin R.; Ho, Chi-Kung; Li, Shu-Hua; Konradsen, Flemming

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Dengue Outbreaks in High-Income Area, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, 2003–2009

Published Date:

Oct 2012

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Emerg Infect Dis. 18(10):1603-1611.

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Lin, Chia-Hsien ; Schiøler, Karin L. ; Jepsen, Martin R. ; Ho, Chi-Kung ; Li, Shu-Hua ; ... More ▼

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Kaohsiung City, a modern metropolis of 1.5 million persons, has been the focus of dengue virus activity in Taiwan for several decades. The aim of this study was to provide a temporal and spatial description of dengue virus epidemiology in Kaohsiung City by using data for all laboratory-confirmed dengue cases during 2003-2009. We investigated age- and sex-dependent incidence rates and the spatiotemporal patterns of all cases confirmed through passive or active surveillance. Elderly persons were at particularly high risk for dengue virus-related sickness and death. Of all confirmed cases, ≈75% were detected through passive surveillance activities; case-patients detected through active surveillance included immediate family members, neighbors, and colleagues of confirmed case-patients. Changing patterns of case clustering could be due to the effect of unmeasured environmental and demographic factors.

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