The epidemiology of imported and locally-acquired dengue in Australia, 2012–2022
The epidemiology of imported and locally-acquired dengue in Australia, 2012–2022
Tags: Dengue, Mosquitoes, Oceania, WolbachiaAsma Sohail, Katherine L Anders, Sarah L McGuinness, Karin Leder, Journal of Travel Medicine, 2024.
Dengue is the most important arboviral disease globally, and poses ongoing challenges for control including in non-endemic countries with competent mosquito vectors at risk of local transmission through imported cases. We examined recent epidemiological trends in imported and locally-acquired dengue in Australia, where the Wolbachia mosquito population replacement method was implemented throughout dengue-prone areas of northern Queensland between 2011–2019.
