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A local outbreak of dengue caused by an imported case in Dongguan China

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Title
A local outbreak of dengue caused by an imported case in Dongguan China
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BMC Public Health, January 2012
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-12-83
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Hong-Juan Peng, Hui-Bing Lai, Qiao-Li Zhang, Ba-Yi Xu, Hao Zhang, Wen-Hua Liu, Wei Zhao, Yuan-Ping Zhou, Xin-Guang Zhong, Shu Jiang, Jin-Hua Duan, Gui-Yun Yan, Jian-Feng He, Xiao-Guang Chen

Abstract

Dengue, a mosquito-borne febrile viral disease, is found in tropical and sub-tropical regions around the world. Since the first occurrence of dengue was confirmed in Guangdong, China in 1978, dengue outbreaks have been reported sequentially in different provinces in South China transmitted by peridomestic Ae. albopictus mosquitoes, diplaying Ae. aegypti, a fully domestic vector that transmits dengue worldwide. Rapid and uncontrolled urbanization is a characteristic change in developing countries, which impacts greatly on vector habitat, human lifestyle and transmission dynamics on dengue epidemics. In September 2010, an outbreak of dengue was detected in Dongguan, a city in Guangdong province characterized by its fast urbanization. An investigation was initiated to identify the cause, to describe the epidemical characteristics of the outbreak, and to implement control measures to stop the outbreak. This is the first report of dengue outbreak in Dongguan, even though dengue cases were documented before in this city.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 2%
Brazil 2 2%
Malaysia 1 1%
Indonesia 1 1%
Germany 1 1%
Portugal 1 1%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1 1%
Peru 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 86 89%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 20%
Researcher 14 14%
Student > Master 14 14%
Student > Bachelor 9 9%
Student > Postgraduate 4 4%
Other 18 19%
Unknown 19 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 23 24%
Medicine and Dentistry 19 20%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 9%
Social Sciences 5 5%
Environmental Science 3 3%
Other 16 16%
Unknown 22 23%
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#181
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