The Epidemiological Characteristics and Dynamic Transmission of Dengue in China, 2013.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There was a dengue epidemic in several regions of China in 2013. No study has explored the dynamics of dengue transmission between different geographical locations with dengue outbreaks in China. The purpose of the study is to analyze the epidemiological characteristics and to explore the dynamic transmission of dengue in China, 2013.

Methodology and principal findings

Records of dengue cases of 2013 were obtained from the China Notifiable Disease Surveillance System. Full E-gene sequences of dengue virus detected from the outbreak regions of China were download from GenBank. Geographical Information System and heatmaps were used to describe the epidemiological characteristics. Maximum Likelihood phylogenetic and Bayesian phylogeographic analyses were conducted to

SUBMITTER: Sang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5098828 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature