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The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on dengue cases in Malaysia
BACKGROUND: Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the transmission dynamics and distribution of dengue. Therefore, this study aims to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the geographic and demographic distribution of dengue incidence in Malaysia. METHODS: This study analyzed dengu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10484591/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37693699 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1213514 |
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author | Md Iderus, Nuur Hafizah Singh, Sarbhan Singh Lakha Ghazali, Sumarni Mohd Zulkifli, Asrul Anuar Ghazali, Nur Ain Mohd Lim, Mei Cheng Ahmad, Lonny Chen Rong Qi Md Nadzri, Mohamad Nadzmi Tan, Cia Vei Md Zamri, Ahmed Syahmi Syafiq Lai, Chee Herng Nordin, Nur Shuhada Kamarudin, Mohd Kamarulariffin Wan, Ming Keong Mokhtar, Norhayati Jelip, Jenarun Gill, Balvinder Singh Ahmad, Nur Ar Rabiah |
author_facet | Md Iderus, Nuur Hafizah Singh, Sarbhan Singh Lakha Ghazali, Sumarni Mohd Zulkifli, Asrul Anuar Ghazali, Nur Ain Mohd Lim, Mei Cheng Ahmad, Lonny Chen Rong Qi Md Nadzri, Mohamad Nadzmi Tan, Cia Vei Md Zamri, Ahmed Syahmi Syafiq Lai, Chee Herng Nordin, Nur Shuhada Kamarudin, Mohd Kamarulariffin Wan, Ming Keong Mokhtar, Norhayati Jelip, Jenarun Gill, Balvinder Singh Ahmad, Nur Ar Rabiah |
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description | BACKGROUND: Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the transmission dynamics and distribution of dengue. Therefore, this study aims to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the geographic and demographic distribution of dengue incidence in Malaysia. METHODS: This study analyzed dengue cases from January 2014 to December 2021 and COVID-19 confirmed cases from January 2020 to December 2021 which was divided into the pre (2014 to 2019) and during COVID-19 pandemic (2020 to 2021) phases. The average annual dengue case incidence for geographical and demographic subgroups were calculated and compared between the pre and during the COVID-19 pandemic phases. In addition, Spearman rank correlation was performed to determine the correlation between weekly dengue and COVID-19 cases during the COVID-19 pandemic phase. RESULTS: Dengue trends in Malaysia showed a 4-year cyclical trend with dengue case incidence peaking in 2015 and 2019 and subsequently decreasing in the following years. Reductions of 44.0% in average dengue cases during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic phase was observed at the national level. Higher dengue cases were reported among males, individuals aged 20–34 years, and Malaysians across both phases. Weekly dengue cases were significantly correlated (ρ = −0.901) with COVID-19 cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. CONCLUSION: There was a reduction in dengue incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic phase. Significant reductions were observed across all demographic groups except for the older population (>75 years) across the two phases. |
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spelling | pubmed-104845912023-09-08 The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on dengue cases in Malaysia Md Iderus, Nuur Hafizah Singh, Sarbhan Singh Lakha Ghazali, Sumarni Mohd Zulkifli, Asrul Anuar Ghazali, Nur Ain Mohd Lim, Mei Cheng Ahmad, Lonny Chen Rong Qi Md Nadzri, Mohamad Nadzmi Tan, Cia Vei Md Zamri, Ahmed Syahmi Syafiq Lai, Chee Herng Nordin, Nur Shuhada Kamarudin, Mohd Kamarulariffin Wan, Ming Keong Mokhtar, Norhayati Jelip, Jenarun Gill, Balvinder Singh Ahmad, Nur Ar Rabiah Front Public Health Public Health BACKGROUND: Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the transmission dynamics and distribution of dengue. Therefore, this study aims to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the geographic and demographic distribution of dengue incidence in Malaysia. METHODS: This study analyzed dengue cases from January 2014 to December 2021 and COVID-19 confirmed cases from January 2020 to December 2021 which was divided into the pre (2014 to 2019) and during COVID-19 pandemic (2020 to 2021) phases. The average annual dengue case incidence for geographical and demographic subgroups were calculated and compared between the pre and during the COVID-19 pandemic phases. In addition, Spearman rank correlation was performed to determine the correlation between weekly dengue and COVID-19 cases during the COVID-19 pandemic phase. RESULTS: Dengue trends in Malaysia showed a 4-year cyclical trend with dengue case incidence peaking in 2015 and 2019 and subsequently decreasing in the following years. Reductions of 44.0% in average dengue cases during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic phase was observed at the national level. Higher dengue cases were reported among males, individuals aged 20–34 years, and Malaysians across both phases. Weekly dengue cases were significantly correlated (ρ = −0.901) with COVID-19 cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. CONCLUSION: There was a reduction in dengue incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic phase. Significant reductions were observed across all demographic groups except for the older population (>75 years) across the two phases. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10484591/ /pubmed/37693699 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1213514 Text en Copyright © 2023 Md Iderus, Singh, Ghazali, Zulkifli, Ghazali, Lim, Ahmad, Md Nadzri, Tan, Md Zamri, Lai, Nordin, Kamarudin, Wan, Mokhtar, Jelip, Gill and Ahmad. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Md Iderus, Nuur Hafizah Singh, Sarbhan Singh Lakha Ghazali, Sumarni Mohd Zulkifli, Asrul Anuar Ghazali, Nur Ain Mohd Lim, Mei Cheng Ahmad, Lonny Chen Rong Qi Md Nadzri, Mohamad Nadzmi Tan, Cia Vei Md Zamri, Ahmed Syahmi Syafiq Lai, Chee Herng Nordin, Nur Shuhada Kamarudin, Mohd Kamarulariffin Wan, Ming Keong Mokhtar, Norhayati Jelip, Jenarun Gill, Balvinder Singh Ahmad, Nur Ar Rabiah The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on dengue cases in Malaysia |
title | The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on dengue cases in Malaysia |
title_full | The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on dengue cases in Malaysia |
title_fullStr | The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on dengue cases in Malaysia |
title_full_unstemmed | The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on dengue cases in Malaysia |
title_short | The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on dengue cases in Malaysia |
title_sort | effects of the covid-19 pandemic on dengue cases in malaysia |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10484591/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37693699 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1213514 |
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