Decreased dengue cases attributable to the effect of COVID-19 in Guangzhou in 2020.

The dengue fever epidemic in Guangzhou may have been affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The number of dengue cases dropped drastically in 2020, and there have been only 2 local cases, suggesting that dengue has not become endemic in Guangzhou.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Main Authors: Liyun Jiang, Yuan Liu, Wenzhe Su, Wenhui Liu, Zhicong Yang
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Subjects:
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009441
https://doaj.org/article/4d3953167b054df1bd1e11b8c8e6b448
Description
Summary:The dengue fever epidemic in Guangzhou may have been affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The number of dengue cases dropped drastically in 2020, and there have been only 2 local cases, suggesting that dengue has not become endemic in Guangzhou.

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