Alarming Trends in Dengue Incidence and Mortality in Bangladesh

Ayesha S Mahmud; Joyita Bhattacharjee; Rachel E Baker; Pamela P Martinez

doi:10.1093/infdis/jiad529

Alarming Trends in Dengue Incidence and Mortality in Bangladesh

J Infect Dis. 2024 Jan 12;229(1):4-6. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiad529.

Authors

Ayesha S Mahmud¹, Joyita Bhattacharjee², Rachel E Baker^{3

4}, Pamela P Martinez^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Demography, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
² Division of Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
³ Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
⁴ Institute for Environment and Society, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA.
⁶ Department of Statistics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA.

Abstract

Bangladesh is currently experiencing the country's largest and deadliest dengue outbreak on record. This year's outbreak has been characterized by an early seasonal surge in cases, rapid geographic spread, and a high fatality rate. The alarming trends in dengue incidence and mortality this year is an urgent wake-up call for public health policymakers and researchers to pay closer attention to dengue dynamics in South Asia, to strengthen the surveillance system and diagnostic capabilities, and to develop tools and methods for guiding strategic resource allocation and control efforts.

Keywords: South Asia; dengue; mortality; outbreak; vector-borne disease.

MeSH terms

Bangladesh / epidemiology
Dengue* / diagnosis
Dengue* / epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Incidence
Public Health