Fuzzy Multidimensional Model to Cluster Dengue Risk in Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT: Dengue is the world's rapidly transmitting mosquito-borne viral disease. It is mostly found in subtropical countries in the world. The annual number of global deaths caused by dengue fever is about 25,000. The Sri Lanka dengue situation is also not different to other countries. In the year 2019, dengue fever caused 120 deaths in Sri Lanka. Most of these deaths were reported from the main administrative district Colombo. Health authorities have to pay their attention to control this new situation. Therefore, identifying the hot spots in the country and implementing necessary actions to control the disease is an important task. This study aims to develop a clustering technique to identify the dengue hot spots in Sri Lanka. Suitable risk factors are identified using expert ideas and reviewing

SUBMITTER: Piyatilake ITS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7661134 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature