https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/113264
Title: | Two Clustering Diffusion Patterns Identified from the 2001–2003 Dengue Epidemic, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Authors: | Kan C.-C PEI-FEN LEE Wen T.-H Chao D.-Y Wu M.-H Lin N.H Huang S.Y.-J Shang C.-S Fan I.-C Shu P.-Y Huang J.-H King C.-C Pai L. |
Issue Date: | 2008 | Journal Volume: | 79 | Journal Issue: | 3 | Start page/Pages: | 344-352 | Source: | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | Abstract: | This study analyzed the spatio-temporal patterns of 4,587 (94% of the total) confirmed dengue cases in Kaohsiung and Fengshan Cities (a two-city area) that occurred in Taiwan from 2001 to 2003. The epidemic had two simultaneous distinct diffusion patterns. One was a contiguous pattern, mostly limited to 1 km from an initial cluster, reflecting that there was a rapid dispersal of infected Aedes aegypti and viremic persons. The second followed a relocation pattern, involving clusters of cases that diffused over 10 weeks starting from the southern and moving to the northern parts of the two-city area. The virus from one clustering site jumped to several distant areas where it rapidly dispersed through a series of human-mosquito transmission cycles to several localities. In both patterns, transmission of disease quickly enlarged the epidemic areas. Future dengue control efforts would benefit from a timely syndromic surveillance system plus extensive public education on how to avoid further transmission. Copyright © 2008 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. |
URI: | http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/160572 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-51949092002&doi=10.4269%2fajtmh.2008.79.344&partnerID=40&md5=f7383f61e2d3b62b4e1b69c6ee85faab |
DOI: | 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.344 |
Appears in Collections: | 流行病學與預防醫學研究所 |
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