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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Lin, Chia-Hsien ; Schiøler, Karin L. ; Jepsen, Martin R. ; Ho, Chi-Kung ; Li, Shu-Hua ; ... More +
Lin, Chia-Hsien ; Schiøler, Karin L. ; Jepsen, Martin R. ; Ho, Chi-Kung ; Li, Shu-Hua ; Konradsen, Flemming Less -
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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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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
Clustering
Demography
Dengue
Dengue Virus
Disease Outbreaks
Elderly
Epidemiology
Female
Geographic Information System
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Outbreak
Population Surveillance
Research
Socioeconomic Factors
Space-Time Clustering
Spatio-Temporal Analysis
Taiwan
Urban Health
Urban Population
Vector-borne Infections
Viruses
Young Adult

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 18(10):1603-1611.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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