Analytical report of the 2016 dengue outbreak in Córdoba city, Argentina
| Autor: | Camilo Rotela, Laura Lopez, María Frías Céspedes, Gabriela Barbas, Andrés Lighezzolo, Ximena Porcasi, Mario A. Lanfri, Carlos M. Scavuzzo, David E. Gorla |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Geospatial Health, Vol 12, Iss 2 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1827-1987 1970-7096 |
| DOI: | 10.4081/gh.2017.564 |
| Popis: | After elimination of the Aedes aegypti vector in South America in the 1960s, dengue outbreaks started to reoccur during the 1990s; strongly in Argentina since 1998. In 2016, Córdoba City had the largest dengue outbreak in its history. In this article we report this outbreak including spatio-temporal analysis of cases and vectors in the city. A total of 653 dengue cases were recorded by the laboratory-based dengue surveillance system and georeferenced by their residential addresses. Case maps were generated from the epidemiological week 1 (beginning of January) to week 19 (mid-May). Dengue outbreak temporal evolution was analysed globally and three specific, high-incidence zones were detected using Knox analysis to characterising its spatio-temporal attributes. Field and remotely sensed data were collected and analysed in real time and a vector presence map based on the MaxEnt approach was generated to define hotspots, towards which the pesticide- based strategy was then targeted. The recorded pattern of cases evolution within the community suggests that dengue control measures should be improved. |
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