ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Dengue Seroprevalence and Seroconversion in Urban and Rural Populations in Northeastern Thailand and Southern Laos.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Characterizing dengue transmission in rural areas: A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Pooled it
- Serological and Immunological Markers in Dengue Fever: A Retrospective ELISA-Based Pilot Study from Trinidad and Tobago.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Machine learning reveals temperature as a key predictor of dengue risk across Thailand's provinces: A 20-year analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Seroprevalence and preventive practices of dengue and chikungunya among school children in Bangkok: Gaps in prevention and vaccination strategies.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Rural dengue dynamics: the interplay of climate, built environment, and agriculture in Costa Rica.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Mapping landscape changes to address dengue fever risk in Laos and Thailand.Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2026Article
- Seroprevalence of dengue virus infection and associated risk factors: a community-based cross-sectional survey in Burkina Faso.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Risk factors associated with dengue and chikungunya seroprevalence and seroconversion among urban populations in western and coastal Kenya.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Seroprevalence of dengue in the general population of a Chinese southwestern border city: a community-based cross-sectional study.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Vaccination strategies, public health impact and cost-effectiveness of dengue vaccine TAK-003: A modeling case study in Thailand.PLoS medicine · 2025Article
- Understanding the factors contributing to dengue virus and chikungunya virus seropositivity and seroconversion among children in Kenya.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- The macroeconomic impact of a dengue outbreak: Case studies from Thailand and Brazil.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Association between environmental factors and dengue incidence in Lao People's Democratic Republic: a nationwide time-series study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Spatiotemporal overlapping of dengue, chikungunya, and malaria infections in children in Kenya.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Dengue seroprevalence study in Bali.PloS one · 2023Article
- Dengue Seroprevalence and Factors Associated with Dengue Seropositivity in Petaling District, Malaysia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Integrated serological surveillance of acute febrile illness in the context of a lymphatic filariasis survey in Timor-Leste: a pilot study using dried blood spots.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2022Article
- A comparative study of dengue virus vectors in major parks and adjacent residential areas in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Correction: Doum, D., et al. Dengue Seroprevalence and Seroconversion in Urban and Rural Populations in Northeastern Thailand and Southern Laos.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Dengue pre-vaccination screening test evaluation for the use of dengue vaccine in an endemic area.PloS one · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
14 authors at 7 institutions in 8 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Dengue is the most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral disease in the world. The detection of clinical cases enables us to measure the incidence of dengue infection, whereas serological surveys give insights into the prevalence of infection. This study aimed to determine dengue seroprevalence and seroconversion rates in northeastern Thailand and southern Laos and to assess any association of mosquito control methods and socioeconomic factors with dengue virus (DENV) infection. Cross-sectional seroprevalence surveys were performed in May and November 2019 on the same individuals. Blood samples were collected from one adult and one child, when possible, in each of 720 randomly selected households from two urban and two rural sites in both northeastern Thailand and southern Laos. IgG antibodies against DENV were detected in serum using a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit. Overall, 1071 individuals participated in the study. The seroprevalence rate was high (91.5%) across all 8 study sites. Only age and province were associated with seroprevalence rates. There were 33 seroconversions during the period from May to November, of which seven reported fever. More than half of the seroconversions occurred in the rural areas and in Laos. Dengue seroconversion was significantly associated with young age (<15 years old), female gender, province, and duration of living in the current residence. No socioeconomic factors or mosquito control methods were found to be associated with seroprevalence or seroconversion. Notably, however, the province with most seroconversions had lower diurnal temperature ranges than elsewhere. In conclusion, our study has highlighted the homogeneity of dengue exposure across a wide range of settings and most notably those from rural and urban areas. Dengue can no longer be considered to be solely an urban disease nor necessarily one linked to poverty.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.