| Author(s) |
Machado, Filipe de Neri
Draper, Anthony
Dos Santos, Frederico Bosco Alves
Mali, Marcelo Amaral
Pereira Tilman, Ari J
Soares da Silva, Endang
Soares, Noel Gama
Sarmento, Nevio
Niha, Maria A V
Soares, Ana Fatima
Taal, Abdoulie
Francis, Joshua
Yan, Jennifer
Miller, Megge
Flint, James
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| Publication Date |
2024-04-09
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| Abstract |
Dengue virus (DENV) infection causes 390 million infections per year and 40,000 deaths globally. It is endemic in many countries in Asia, Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Oceania. Dengue is endemic in Timor-Leste year-round, but peak transmission occurs during the rainy season. We briefly describe the epidemiology of DENV in the Municipality of Dili between 2018 and 2022. There were 6,234 cases notified, with a mean annual incidence rate of 330 cases per 100,000 population. There were 55 deaths (case fatality rate 0.9%). The peak annual incidence (3,904 cases) occurred in 2022 after an outbreak was declared in January of that year; this outbreak included 760 cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever and 35 deaths. The number of outbreak cases requiring hospital treatment exceeded the usual capacity, but facilities established for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) isolation and treatment were repurposed to meet this demand. Existing strategies of vector control, minimising breeding sites and promoting early presentation for treatment should continue, as should the utilisation of surveillance systems and treatment facilities established during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, dengue incidence remains high, and other dengue control strategies-including the deployment of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes-should be considered in Timor-Leste.
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| Affiliation |
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Pública de Timor-Leste, Comoro, Timor-Leste.
Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Dili, Timor-Leste.
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Centre for Disease Control, Public Health Unit, Top End Health Service, Northern Territory Government Department of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Pública de Timor-Leste, Comoro, Timor-Leste.
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Pública de Timor-Leste, Comoro, Timor-Leste.
Laboratorio Nacional da Saude, Bidau, Timor-Leste.
Laboratorio Nacional da Saude, Bidau, Timor-Leste.
Surveillance Department, Municipality of Dili, Ministry of Health, Bairo Central, Timor-Leste.
Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Dili, Timor-Leste.
Surveillance Department, Ministry of Health, Caicoli, Timor-Leste.
World Health Organization, Timor-Leste Office, Caicoli, Timor-Leste.
Surveillance Department, Ministry of Health, Caicoli, Timor-Leste.
STOP Program, World Health Organization, Dili, Timor-Leste.
Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Dili, Timor-Leste.
Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Dili, Timor-Leste.
Field Epidemiology In Action, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia.
Field Epidemiology In Action, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia.
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| Citation |
Commun Dis Intell (2018) . 2024 Apr 10:48. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2024.48.16.
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| ISSN |
2209-6051
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| Pubmed ID |
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38594794/?otool=iaurydwlib
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| Subject |
Timor-Leste
arbovirus
dengue virus
low-resource setting
mosquito borne disease
surveillance
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| MESH subject |
Animals
Humans
Dengue Virus
Timor-Leste
Pandemics
Australia
Dengue
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| Title |
A brief description of the epidemiology of dengue in Dili, Timor-Leste, 2018-2022.
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| Type of document |
Journal Article
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| Entity Type |
Publication
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