Authors
Anna M Stewart-Ibarra, Ángel G Muñoz, Sadie J Ryan, Efraín B Ayala, Mercy J Borbor-Cordova, Julia L Finkelstein, Raúl Mejía, Tania Ordoñez, G Cristina Recalde-Coronel, Keytia Rivero
Publication date
2014/11/25
Journal
BMC infectious diseases
Volume
14
Issue
1
Pages
610
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd
Description
Background
Dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease, is a rapidly emerging public health problem in Ecuador and throughout the tropics. However, we have a limited understanding of the disease transmission dynamics in these regions. Previous studies in southern coastal Ecuador have demonstrated the potential to develop a dengue early warning system (EWS) that incorporates climate and non-climate information. The objective of this study was to characterize the spatiotemporal dynamics and climatic and social-ecological risk factors associated with the largest dengue epidemic to date in Machala, Ecuador, to inform the development of a dengue EWS.
Methods
The following data from Machala were included in analyses: neighborhood-level georeferenced dengue cases, national census data, and entomological surveillance data from 2010 …
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