Influence of air pollution and climate variability on dengue in Singapore: a time-series analysis.

ABSTRACT: The associations between respiratory and cardiovascular health outcomes with air quality have been well examined. Less conclusive are the studies assessing the relationship between air quality and dengue, a mosquito-borne illness which continues to pose risk to more than half the world's population. We examined this relationship in Singapore, a tropical city-state located in the South-East Asian region where the burden of dengue is among the highest across the globe. We analyzed the short-term associations between all laboratory-confirmed dengue reports and variations in PM_2.5, PM_10, CO, O₃, NO₂ and SO₂ in Singapore from 2009 to 2019 using the Distributed Lag Non-linear Model (DLNM) framework. PM_2.5 (RR_{90th percentile</}

SUBMITTER: Mailepessov D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12008230 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature