Publication date: Jan 29, 2025
Dengue is one of the most widespread arboviruses in Latin America and is now affecting areas previously free of transmission. The COVID-19 pandemic and climatic variations appear to have affected the incidence of the disease, abundance of vectors and health programs related to dengue in some countries. To analyze the epidemiology of dengue in Paltas, Ecuador (2016-2022), compare the periods before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, examine entomological reports and discuss the possible implications of the COVID-19 pandemic and climatic variations. In this observational, retrospective study, cases of dengue registered in the SIVE-Alert epidemiological surveillance system and the available larval indices were examined. No autochthonous cases were reported before 2016. Between 2016 and 2022, 182 cases without warning signs were reported, mostly in women (51. 1%), people ≥ 20 years (68. 7%) and people living in urban areas (78. 6%). During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a significant decline in cases in urban areas, with displacement toward rural areas (p
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| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Arboviruses | Arbovirus |
| Ecuador | Climate change |
| Entomological | COVID-19 |
| Women | Dengue |
| Pandemics |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | dengue |
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 pandemic |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Water |
| pathway | REACTOME | Reproduction |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Coenzyme M |
| disease | MESH | Vector borne diseases |
| disease | MESH | infectious diseases |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Stavudine |
| disease | MESH | viral diseases |
| disease | MESH | autochthonous transmission |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Tretamine |
| drug | DRUGBANK | L-Valine |
| disease | MESH | tuberculosis |
| pathway | KEGG | Tuberculosis |
| disease | IDO | country |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Aspartame |
| disease | IDO | host |
| disease | IDO | blood |
| disease | MESH | extreme heat |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Medical air |
| drug | DRUGBANK | D-Tryptophan |
| pathway | REACTOME | Infectious disease |
| disease | IDO | infectious disease |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Lonidamine |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Cephaloglycin |
| disease | MESH | infections |