PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (May 2021)

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
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009441
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 5
p. e0009441

Abstract

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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.