Dengue in Timor-Leste during the Covid-19 phenomenon

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ID22070873
AuthorsZito Viegas da Cruz (0009-0000-1505-0631, Mahasarakham University), Afonso Lima Araujo (Universidade da Paz), Alexis Ribas (0000-0002-1256-3316, Universitat de Barcelona), Choosak Nithikathkul (0000-0001-6369-2022, Mahasarakham University, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume11
Pages1057951-1057951
Publication date2023-08-22
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2023.1057951
PMID37674687
OpenAlexW4386073444
LanguageEN
References cited43

Dengue is a significant public health problem in mostly tropical countries, including Timor-Leste. Dengue continues to draw attention from the health sector during the COVID-19 phenomenon. Therefore, the goal of this study is to evaluate the dengue incidence rate in comparison with the COVID-19 cumulative number and associated dengue risk factors, including the fatality rate of dengue infection in each municipality during the COVID-19 phenomenon in Timor-Leste, by applying the data processing program in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). A descriptive study using GIS was performed to provide a spatial-temporal mapping of dengue cases. Secondary data, which were sourced from the Department of Health Statistics Information under the Ministry of Health Timor-Leste, were collected for the period during the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020–2021. These data were grounded at the municipal (province) level. Quantum GIS and Microsoft Excel were used to analyze the data. During the COVID-19 outbreak (2020–2021), dengue spread nationwide. It was found that there was an increase in municipalities with high dengue cases and cumulative COVID-19 numbers. The high number of dengue cases associated with the COVID-19 cumulative number found in municipalities with an urban characteristic and in terms of severity, dengue fever (DF) is most commonly reported with a total of 1,556 cases and is followed by dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS). Most cases were reported in the months of the monsoon season, such as December, January, and March. Dengue GIS mapping helps understand the disease's presence and dynamic nature over time

Case fatality rate · Dengue fever · Environmental health · Geography · Outbreak · Population · Socioeconomics · Timor leste · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Malaria Research and Control · Medicine · Mosquito-borne diseases and control · Virology

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