Influence of climate variables on dengue fever occurrence in the southern region of Thailand.

ABSTRACT: The 3-5year epidemic cycle of dengue fever in Thailand makes it a major re-emerging public health problem resulting in being a burden in endemic areas. Although the Thai Ministry of Public Health adopted the WHO dengue control strategy, all dengue virus serotypes continue to circulate. Health officers and village health volunteers implement some intervention options but there is a need to ascertain most appropriate (or a combination of) interventions regarding the environment and contextual factors that may undermine the effectiveness of such interventions. This study aims to understand the dengue-climate relationship patterns at the district level in the southern region of Thailand from 2002 to 2018 by examining the statistical association between dengue incidence rate and eight environme

SUBMITTER: Abdulsalam FI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10022128 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature