Dengue infection in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Dengue is the most extensively spread mosquito-borne disease; endemic in more than 100 countries. Information about dengue disease burden, its prevalence, incidence and geographic distribution is critical in planning appropriate control measures against dengue fever. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of dengue fever in India.

Methods

We searched for studies published until 2017 reporting the incidence, the prevalence or case fatality of dengue in India. Our primary outcomes were (a) prevalence of laboratory confirmed dengue infection among clinically suspected patients, (b) seroprevalence in the general population and (c) case fatality ratio among laboratory confirmed dengue patients. We used binomial-normal mixed effects regression model to est

SUBMITTER: Ganeshkumar P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6078327 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature