The global distribution and burden of dengue

Samir Bhatt, Peter W. Gething, Oliver J. Brady, Jane P. Messina, Andrew W. Farlow, Catherine L. Moyes, John M. Drake, John S. Brownstein, Anne G. Hoen, Osman Sankoh, Monica F. Myers, Dylan B. George, Thomas Jaenisch, G. R. William Wint, Cameron P. Simmons, Thomas W. Scott, Jeremy J. Farrar and Simon I. Hay ()
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Samir Bhatt: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Tinbergen Building, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
Peter W. Gething: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Tinbergen Building, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
Oliver J. Brady: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Tinbergen Building, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
Jane P. Messina: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Tinbergen Building, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
Andrew W. Farlow: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Tinbergen Building, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
Catherine L. Moyes: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Tinbergen Building, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
John M. Drake: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Tinbergen Building, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
John S. Brownstein: Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Informatics Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
Anne G. Hoen: Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College
Osman Sankoh: INDEPTH Network Secretariat, East Legon, PO Box KD 213, Accra, Ghana
Monica F. Myers: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Tinbergen Building, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
Dylan B. George: Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health
Thomas Jaenisch: Section Clinical Tropical Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, INF 324, D 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
G. R. William Wint: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Tinbergen Building, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
Cameron P. Simmons: Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Thomas W. Scott: Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health
Jeremy J. Farrar: Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Simon I. Hay: Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Tinbergen Building, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK

Nature, 2013, vol. 496, issue 7446, 504-507

Abstract: The public health burden of dengue is unknown; here cartographic approaches are used to provide insight into the global, regional and national burden of dengue, with the finding that the global number of infections per year is around 390 million, more than three times the estimate of the World Health Organization.

Date: 2013
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