Epidemiological and cluster characteristics of dengue fever in Yunnan Province, Southwestern China, 2013-2023.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Yunnan Province, located in the southwestern part of China and neighboring endemic dengue regions of Southeast Asia, has experienced annual autochthonous outbreaks of dengue fever from 2013 to 2023. This study examines the epidemiological and spatiotemporal clustering characteristics of dengue within the province.

Methods

Descriptive epidemiological methods were used to analyse outbreak characteristics. Excel 2019 and ArcGIS 10.3 software were used to establish a case database and for mapping. Spatial autocorrelation and spatio-temporal clustering analysis were employed to study the features of spatial clustering.

Results

From 2013 to 2023, 30,666 dengue cases were reported in Yunnan Province, of which 22,806 (74.37%) were indigenous and 7,860 (25.63%) were

SUBMITTER: Deng SZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11753091 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature