Dengue Fever, Hawaii, 2001–2002

Effler, Paul V.; Pang, Lorrin; Kitsutani, Paul; Vorndam, Vance; Nakata, Michele; Ayers, Tracy; Elm, Joe; Tom, Tammy; Reiter, Paul L.; Rigau‐Pérez, José G.; Hayes, John M.; Mills, Kristin M.; Napier, Mike; Clark, Gary G.; Gubler, Duane J.

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“…But they provide only limited feasibility due to personnel and financial requirements, Vector resistance and problems in implementation of Programs. 9,10 Therefore WHO and Centres for Disease Control and Prevention recommends limited reliance on Vector control and more emphasis on community education that emphasize "individual responsibility in reducing vector breeding sites. 3 This is supported by prior study which reveals that community education can be more effective in reducing dengue vector breeding sites than chemicals alone.…”

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Cross sectional study on knowledge, attitude and practice regarding dengue among adult population visiting a tertiary care hospital in Puducherry, India

Valantine

Kumar

Vasudevan

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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INTRODUCTIONDengue is one of the world's emerging and rapidly spreading pandemic disease of public health importance. The word dengue was derived from the "ka-dinga pepo" which means "cramp like seizure" in Swahili. Dengue virus was first isolated in Japan in the year 1943, followed by India at Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1944 from serum samples of US soldiers.1 Dengue fever is a viral infection caused by Dengue Virus belonging to Flaviviridae family.2 Dengue virus has four serotypes, DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3 and DENV-4. 3 Infection by serotype provides lifelong immunity against that particular serotype, but further infection with other serotypes leads to deadlier form of dengue infection. But each serotype is able to produce the full spectrum of ABSTRACT Background: Dengue is one of the world's emerging and rapidly spreading pandemic disease of public health importance. High rainfall and low temperatures are associated with increased number of dengue cases. Methods: A hospital based cross sectional study was conducted between 15 th August 2013 and 15 th October 2013. With a sample of 200 in a tertiary care multi-speciality hospital in Puducherry using pre-designed and pre-tested questionnaire. The study protocol was approved by ICMR and Institutional (PIMS) Ethical Committee. Participants were included in the study based on the following criteria: (1) More than 20 years of age. (2) Permanent resident of Pondicherry. Results: Out of the 200 participants 68% were males and 32% were females. Most of them (64%) had gone to schools, while 9.5% were illiterates. Of the 200 participants, 180 (90%) knew that mosquito is the vector for Dengue. 162 (81%) of participants felt hospitalisation is necessary for dengue management. 80% of participants mentioned use of ceiling fan as a predominantly used preventive measure against mosquito bite, whereas 43% of them use mosquito coils to avoid mosquito bites. Majority of the respondents (66%) spend less than Rs.100 ($ 1.47) in a month for various mosquito preventive measures. Conclusions: The knowledge about dengue was good, although more awareness needs to be created to identify the clinical signs of dengue. The overall attitude and practices of the participants towards dengue care, prevention and control is good.

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Cross sectional study on knowledge, attitude and practice regarding dengue among adult population visiting a tertiary care hospital in Puducherry, India

Valantine

Kumar

Vasudevan

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…In the wild, however, its efficiency as a vector appears to be generally low (19,20), although it has been implicated in recent dengue fever outbreaks in the absence of the principal vector, Ae. aegypti (20,21). From its Old World distribution reported in 1930 (Fig.…”

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Global traffic and disease vector dispersal

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Hay

Rogers

2006

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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The expansion of global air travel and seaborne trade overcomes geographic barriers to insect disease vectors, enabling them to move great distances in short periods of time. Here we apply a coupled human-environment framework to describe the historical spread of Aedes albopictus, a competent mosquito vector of 22 arboviruses in the laboratory. We contrast this dispersal with the relatively unchanged distribution of Anopheles gambiae and examine possible future movements of this malaria vector. We use a comprehensive database of international ship and aircraft traffic movements, combined with climatic information, to remap the global transportation network in terms of disease vector suitability and accessibility. The expansion of the range of Ae. albopictus proved to be surprisingly predictable using this combination of climate and traffic data. Traffic volumes were more than twice as high on shipping routes running from the historical distribution of Ae. albopictus to ports where it has established in comparison with routes to climatically similar ports where it has yet to invade. In contrast, An. gambiae has rarely spread from Africa, which we suggest is partly due to the low volume of sea traffic from the continent and, until very recently, a European destination for most flights.Aedes albopictus ͉ air travel ͉ Anopheles gambiae ͉ biological invasion ͉ shipping

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“…Dengue is not endemic in the state of Hawaii; however, Aedes mosquitoes capable of spreading the virus are present, specifically Aedes albopictus on all islands and, on Hawaii Island, A. aegypti as well (2). Locally acquired cases can result when mosquitoes bite infected travelers, including visitors and returning residents, and then bite others.…”

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“…Locally acquired cases can result when mosquitoes bite infected travelers, including visitors and returning residents, and then bite others. Since World War II, the state of Hawaii has experienced only two other dengue fever outbreaks, in 2011 on the island of Oahu (Disease Outbreak Control Division, Hawaii Department of Health, unpublished data, 2011) and in 2001 on Maui, Oahu, and Kauai (2); before World War II, autochthonous transmission of dengue had been common (2). Although visitors were among the initial cases identified in the latest outbreak, results of the HDOH call for cases suggest the risk for infection is considerably greater for Hawaii Island residents.…”

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