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- Title
Dengue prevention and control strategies for overseas immigration in Kaohsiung City.
- Authors
Lin, Chun‐Yu; Lo, Shih‐Hao; Pan, Chao‐Ying; Chang, Ko
- Abstract
This observation provides further evidence to support that imported dengue cases from other countries are the source of local dengue transmission annually, and that continuous monitoring of dengue will be important as COVID-19-related restrictions are lifted in Taiwan as an endemic area. Dengue is considered to be an endemic disease in Taiwan, and a strong association between the COVID-19 epidemic and a reduced risk of dengue has been reported in endemic areas.1 A total of 34,722 cases of dengue local to Kaohsiung City were recorded from 2014 to 2015, however no local dengue cases were reported in 2020 or 2021.2 We believe that the major reason for the absence of locally transmitted dengue cases is due to border control. Another reason for the absence of locally transmitted dengue cases may be because the Kaohsiung City Government Health Bureau established an airport quarantine referral station in September 2016 to reduce the occurrence of dengue.
- Subjects
KAO-hsiung shih (Taiwan); DENGUE hemorrhagic fever; DENGUE; EMIGRATION &; immigration; COVID-19 pandemic; ENDEMIC diseases
- Publication
Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022, Vol 38, Issue 8, p810
- ISSN
1607-551X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/kjm2.12553