- Title
- A brief description of the epidemiology of dengue in Dili, Timor-Leste, 2018-2022
- Creator
- Machado, Filipe de Neri; Draper, Anthony D. K.; Taal, Abdoulie; Francis, Joshua R.; Yan, Jennifer; Miller, Megge; Flint, James; dos Santos, Frederico Bosco Alves; Mali, Marcelo Amaral; Tilman, Ari J. Pereira; da Silva, Endang Soares; Soares, Noel gama; Sarmento, Nevio; Niha, Maria A. V.; Soares, Ana Fatima
- Relation
- Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol. 48, p. 1-9
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.16
- Publisher
- Australian Government. Department of Health and Ageing. Office of Health Protection, Surveillance Branch
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2024
- Description
- Dengue virus (DENV) infection causes 390 million infections per year and 40,000 deaths globally. It is endemic in many countries in Asia, Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, and Oceania. Dengue is endemic in Timor-Leste year-round, but peak transmission occurs during the rainy season. We briefly describe the epidemiology of DENV in the Municipality of Dili between 2018 and 2022. There were 6,234 cases notified, with a mean annual incidence rate of 330 cases per 100,000 population. There were 55 deaths (case fatality rate 0.9%). The peak annual incidence (3,904 cases) occurred in 2022 after an outbreak was declared in January of that year; this outbreak included 760 cases of dengue haemor- rhagic fever and 35 deaths. The number of outbreak cases requiring hospital treatment exceeded the usual capacity, but facilities established for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) isolation and treatment were repurposed to meet this demand. Existing strategies of vector control, minimising breeding sites and promoting early presentation for treatment should continue, as should the utilisation of surveillance systems and treatment facilities established during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, DENV incidence remains high, and other DENV control strategies—including the deployment of Wolbachia- infected mosquitoes—should be considered in Timor-Leste.
- Subject
- dengue virus; arbovirus; mosquito borne disease; surveillance; Timor-Leste; low-resource setting; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goal
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1516527
- Identifier
- uon:56995
- Identifier
- ISSN:0725-3141
- Rights
- "© 2024 Commonwealth of Australia as represented by the Department of Health and Aged Care. This publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence from https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode (Licence). You must read and understand the Licence before using any material from this publication."
- Language
- eng
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