Temporal variation and geospatial clustering of dengue in Delhi, India 2015-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The study was focused on geographical mapping of dengue cases and also to identify the hotspots or high-risk areas of dengue in Delhi.

Design

A retrospective spatial-temporal (ecological) study. Descriptive analysis was used to know the distribution of dengue cases by age, sex, seasons and districts of Delhi. The spatiotemporal analysis was performed using inverse distance weighting and Getis-Ord Gi* statistic to know the geographical distribution and identify the hotspot areas.

Settings

All the confirmed and diagnosed dengue cases (IgM +ve or NS1 Antigen +ve ELISA) recorded by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for the last 4 years (2015-2018) were collected with their local address. The location of all the dengue cases was geocoded using their address to

SUBMITTER: Singh PS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7925904 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature