Imported dengue fever and climatic variation are important determinants facilitating dengue epidemics in Southern Taiwan

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan; Center for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.
• ² Institute of Public Health, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
• ³ Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.
• ⁴ Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
• ⁵ Center for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan; Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan. Electronic address: wasf1234@kmu.edu.tw.