The epidemiology and identification of risk factors associated with severe dengue during the 2023 dengue outbreak in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

• Published in: Travel medicine and infectious disease Vol. 65; p. 102852
• Main Authors: Liu, Li-Teh, Huang, Shi-Ya, Lin, Chen-Hsuan, Chen, Chun-Hong, Tsai, Ching-Yi, Lin, Ping-Chang, Tsai, Jih-Jin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2025; Elsevier Limited; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Antigens; Child; Child, Preschool; Chronic illnesses; Comorbidity; Coronaviruses; Data collection; Dengue; Dengue - epidemiology; Dengue fever; Dengue virus; Dengue Virus - genetics; Dengue Virus - isolation & purification; Disease Outbreaks; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Female; Human diseases; Humans; Hypertension; Incidence; Infections; Infectious Disease; Infectious diseases; International travel; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate analysis; Outbreaks; Phylogenetics; Risk Factors; Secondary infection; Serotype; Severe dengue; Severe Dengue - diagnosis; Severe Dengue - epidemiology; Severe Dengue - virology; Taiwan - epidemiology; Thermal cycling; Vector-borne diseases; Vomiting; Young Adult; Taiwan; United States > US; China; Severe dengue; Comorbidity; Dengue; Secondary infection; Serotype; Dengue virus; Risk factors

After the previous major dengue fever (DF) outbreaks in 2014 and 2015 in Taiwan, the second-largest DF outbreak re-emerged in 2023. A total of 178 patients with laboratory-confirmed dengue virus (DENV) infection, including 92 DENV-1 and 86 DENV-2 cases, were enrolled in this study conducted during t...