Dengue outbreaks in High-Income area, Kaohsiung city, Taiwan, 2003-2009

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

doi:10.3201/eid1810.111929

Dengue outbreaks in High-Income area, Kaohsiung city, Taiwan, 2003-2009

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

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1603-1611
Number of pages	9
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	18
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1810.111929
Publication status	Published - 2012 Oct
Externally published	Yes

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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