Dengue outbreak investigations in a high-income urban setting, Kaohsiung City in Taiwan, 2003-2009

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Dengue outbreak investigations in a high-income urban setting, Kaohsiung City in Taiwan, 2003-2009. / Lin, Chia-Hsien; Schiøler, Karin Linda; Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck; Ho, Chi-Kung; Li, Shu-Hua; Konradsen, Flemming.

I: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Print Edition), Bind 18, Nr. 10, 2012, s. 1603-1611.

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Lin, C-H, Schiøler, KL, Jepsen, MR, Ho, C-K, Li, S-H & Konradsen, F 2012, 'Dengue outbreak investigations in a high-income urban setting, Kaohsiung City in Taiwan, 2003-2009', Emerging Infectious Diseases (Print Edition), bind 18, nr. 10, s. 1603-1611. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1810.111929

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Lin, C-H., Schiøler, K. L., Jepsen, M. R., Ho, C-K., Li, S-H., & Konradsen, F. (2012). Dengue outbreak investigations in a high-income urban setting, Kaohsiung City in Taiwan, 2003-2009. Emerging Infectious Diseases (Print Edition), 18(10), 1603-1611. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1810.111929

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Lin C-H, Schiøler KL, Jepsen MR, Ho C-K, Li S-H, Konradsen F. Dengue outbreak investigations in a high-income urban setting, Kaohsiung City in Taiwan, 2003-2009. Emerging Infectious Diseases (Print Edition). 2012;18(10):1603-1611. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1810.111929

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Lin, Chia-Hsien ; Schiøler, Karin Linda ; Jepsen, Martin Rudbeck ; Ho, Chi-Kung ; Li, Shu-Hua ; Konradsen, Flemming. / Dengue outbreak investigations in a high-income urban setting, Kaohsiung City in Taiwan, 2003-2009. I: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Print Edition). 2012 ; Bind 18, Nr. 10. s. 1603-1611.

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abstract = "Kaohsiung City, a modern metropolis of 1.5 million persons, has been the focus of dengue virus activity in Taiwan for several decades. The aim of this study was to provide a temporal and spatial description of dengue virus epidemiology in Kaohsiung City by using data for all laboratory-confirmed dengue cases during 2003-2009. We investigated age- and sex-dependent incidence rates and the spatiotemporal patterns of all cases confirmed through passive or active surveillance. Elderly persons were at particularly high risk for dengue virus-related sickness and death. Of all confirmed cases, ˜75% were detected through passive surveillance activities; case-patients detected through active surveillance included immediate family members, neighbors, and colleagues of confirmed case-patients. Changing patterns of case clustering could be due to the effect of unmeasured environmental and demographic factors.",
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