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22 January 2024 Two decades of endemic dengue in Bangladesh (2000–2022): trends, seasonality, and impact of temperature and rainfall patterns on transmission dynamics
Mohammad Nayeem Hasan, Ibrahim Khalil, Muhammad Abdul Baker Chowdhury, Mahbubur Rahman, Md Asaduzzaman, Masum Billah, Laila Arjuman Banu, Mahbub-Ul Alam, Atik Ahsan, Tieble Traore, Md. Jamal Uddin, Roberto Galizi, Ilaria Russo, Alimuddin Zumla, Najmul Haider
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The objectives of this study were to compare dengue virus (DENV) cases, deaths, case-fatality ratio [CFR], and meteorological parameters between the first and the recent decades of this century (2000–2010 vs. 2011–2022) and to describe the trends, seasonality, and impact of change of temperature and rainfall patterns on transmission dynamics of dengue in Bangladesh. For the period 2000–2022, dengue cases and death data from Bangladesh's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's website, and meteorological data from the Bangladesh Meteorological Department were analyzed. A Poisson regression model was performed to identify the impact of meteorological parameters on the monthly dengue cases. A forecast of dengue cases was performed using an autoregressive integrated moving average model. Over the past 23 yr, a total of 244,246 dengue cases were reported including 849 deaths (CFR = 0.35%). The mean annual number of dengue cases increased 8 times during the second decade, with 2,216 cases during 2000–2010 vs. 18,321 cases during 2011–2022.The mean annual number of deaths doubled (21 vs. 46), but the overall CFR has decreased by one-third (0.69% vs. 0.23%). Concurrently, the annual mean temperature increased by 0.49 °C, and rainfall decreased by 314 mm with altered precipitation seasonality. Monthly mean temperature (Incidence risk ratio [IRR]: 1.26), first-lagged rainfall (IRR: 1.08), and second-lagged rainfall (IRR: 1.17) were significantly associated with monthly dengue cases. The increased local temperature and changes in rainfall seasonality might have contributed to the increased dengue cases in Bangladesh.

Mohammad Nayeem Hasan, Ibrahim Khalil, Muhammad Abdul Baker Chowdhury, Mahbubur Rahman, Md Asaduzzaman, Masum Billah, Laila Arjuman Banu, Mahbub-Ul Alam, Atik Ahsan, Tieble Traore, Md. Jamal Uddin, Roberto Galizi, Ilaria Russo, Alimuddin Zumla, and Najmul Haider "Two decades of endemic dengue in Bangladesh (2000–2022): trends, seasonality, and impact of temperature and rainfall patterns on transmission dynamics," Journal of Medical Entomology 61(2), 345-353, (22 January 2024). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjae001
Received: 22 July 2023; Accepted: 5 January 2024; Published: 22 January 2024
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KEYWORDS
Bangladesh
climate change
dengue
rainfall
temperature
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