The epidemiology of imported and locally acquired dengue in Australia, 2012-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dengue is the most important arboviral disease globally and poses ongoing challenges for control including in non-endemic countries with competent mosquito vectors at risk of local transmission through imported cases. We examined recent epidemiological trends in imported and locally acquired dengue in Australia, where the Wolbachia mosquito population replacement method was implemented throughout dengue-prone areas of northern Queensland between 2011 and 2019.

Methods

We analysed dengue cases reported to the Australian National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System between January 2012 and December 2022, and Australian traveller movement data.

Results

Between 2012 and 2022, 13 343 dengue cases were reported in Australia (median 1466 annual cases); 12 568 c

SUBMITTER: Sohail A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10911064 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature