Dengue in a crowded megacity: Lessons learnt from 2019 outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Aug 20;14(8):e0008349. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008349. eCollection 2020 Aug.

Authors

Mohammad Sorowar Hossain^{1

2}, Mahbubul H Siddiqee^{1

3}, Umme Ruman Siddiqi^{1

4}, Enayetur Raheem¹, Rokeya Akter^{1

5}, Wenbiao Hu⁵

Affiliations

¹ Biomedical Research Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
² School of Environment and Life Sciences, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
³ Department Mathematics and Natural Sciences (MNS), BRAC University, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
⁴ Zoonotic Disease Control Program, Directorate General of Health Services, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
⁵ School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.

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MeSH terms

Aedes
Animals
Bangladesh / epidemiology
Dengue / epidemiology*
Disease Outbreaks*
Humans
Mosquito Vectors
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Travel / statistics & numerical data*
Urban Population

Grants and funding

The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.