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Spatiotemporal Analysis of Dengue Infection Between 2005 and 2010

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The high incidence of dengue fever in Dhaka is a constant threat to the population and a recurring problem for the health authorities. This chapter investigates the spatial and temporal epidemiology of dengue fever between 2005 and 2010. This epidemiological analysis provided important information about the pattern of the virus cases with standard deviation ellipses being used for directional examination of the incidences. To investigate spatial dependencies and examine the occurrence pattern for clustering, Moran’s I and Local Indicators of Spatial Association (LISA) analysis were utilised. Results showed that there was obvious spatial autocorrelation as well as significant clustering of dengue cases in Dhaka, revealing that the virus is concentrated around the heart of the city.

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Acknowledgement

We acknowledge the support of the International Foundation for Science (IFS), Sweden, for funding part of this work under a project (Reference: W4656-1) on which Ashraf M. Dewan was the Principal Investigator.

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  1. Department of Spatial Sciences, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, Perth, 6102, WA, Australia

    Sarwa Ali & Robert J. Corner

  2. Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, 1-12-4, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan

    Masahiro Hashizume

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Ali, S., Corner, R.J., Hashizume, M. (2014). Spatiotemporal Analysis of Dengue Infection Between 2005 and 2010. In: Dewan, A., Corner, R. (eds) Dhaka Megacity. Springer Geography. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6735-5_20

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