Improving Dengue Virus Capture Rates in Humans and Vectors in Kamphaeng Phet Province, Thailand, Using an Enhanced Spatiotemporal Surveillance Strategy

• Published in: The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 93; no. 1; pp. 24 - 32
• Main Authors: Thomas, Stephen J., Aldstadt, Jared, Jarman, Richard G., Buddhari, Darunee, Yoon, In-Kyu, Richardson, Jason H., Ponlawat, Alongkot, Iamsirithaworn, Sopon, Scott, Thomas W., Rothman, Alan L., Gibbons, Robert V., Lambrechts, Louis, Endy, Timothy P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 01.07.2015; The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aedes; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Animals; Child; Child, Preschool; Culicidae; Culicidae - virology; Dengue; Dengue - epidemiology; Dengue - immunology; Dengue - virology; Dengue Virus; Dengue Virus - genetics; Dengue Virus - isolation & purification; Epidemiological Monitoring; Female; Humans; Infant; Insect Vectors; Insect Vectors - virology; Life Sciences; Male; Microbiology and Parasitology; Middle Aged; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Viral; RNA, Viral - analysis; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Spatio-Temporal Analysis; Thailand; Thailand - epidemiology; Virology; Young Adult; Thailand; ISEW, Thailand

Dengue is of public health importance in tropical and sub-tropical regions. Dengue virus (DENV) transmission dynamics was studied in Kamphaeng Phet Province, Thailand, using an enhanced spatiotemporal surveillance of 93 hospitalized subjects with confirmed dengue (initiates) and associated cluster i...