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Dengue Fever
Studies from National Taiwan University update current data on dengue fever
November 4th, 2008
"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," scientists in Taipei, Taiwan report. "One was a contiguous pattern, mostly limited to I 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...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-11-04)
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