Decreased dengue cases attributable to the effect of COVID-19 in Guangzhou in 2020

Liyun Jiang; Yuan Liu; Wenzhe Su; Wenhui Liu; Zhicong Yang

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0009441

Decreased dengue cases attributable to the effect of COVID-19 in Guangzhou in 2020

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 May 26;15(5):e0009441. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009441. eCollection 2021 May.

Authors

Liyun Jiang¹, Yuan Liu², Wenzhe Su¹, Wenhui Liu³, Zhicong Yang³

Affiliations

¹ Virology Department, Guangzhou Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Baiyunqu Qidelu 1, Guangdong, China.
² Pesticide and Disinfection Department, Guangzhou Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Baiyunqu Qidelu 1, Guangdong, China.
³ Epidemiology Department, Guangzhou Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Baiyunqu Qidelu 1, Guangdong, China.

Abstract

The dengue fever epidemic in Guangzhou may have been affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The number of dengue cases dropped drastically in 2020, and there have been only 2 local cases, suggesting that dengue has not become endemic in Guangzhou.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology*
China / epidemiology
Dengue / epidemiology*
Dengue / prevention & control*
Dengue / virology
Dengue Virus / genetics
Humans
Quarantine
SARS-CoV-2*

Grants and funding

Liyun Jiang,Guangzhou Municipality Science and Technology Project [grant number 202002030117];Wenzhe Su, the Guangzhou Municipal Health and Family Planning commission [grant number 20191A011059] The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.