SynthesisParasites & vectors2022
Epidemiology of dengue in SAARC territory: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Prevalence, incidence, and case fatality of tuberculous meningitis in adults living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Epidemiology of dengue in SAARC territory: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Parasites & vectors · 2022Pooled it
- Serological and Immunological Markers in Dengue Fever: A Retrospective ELISA-Based Pilot Study from Trinidad and Tobago.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Dengue Fever Resurgence in Iran: An Integrative Review of Causative Factors and Control Strategies.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Review
- The 2023 fatal dengue outbreak in Bangladesh highlights a paradigm shift of geographical distribution of cases.Epidemiology and infection · 2025Article
- Unraveling the neurological intricacies: a rare case of Guillain-Barre syndrome in dengue fever.Oxford medical case reports · 2024Article
- Immuno-Haematologic Aspects of Dengue Infection: Biologic Insights and Clinical Implications.Viruses · 2024Review
- Detection of dengue virus infection in children presenting with fever in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Diagnosis of Dengue Virus Infections Imported to Hungary and Phylogenetic Analysis of Virus Isolates.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Increasing Dengue Burden and Severe Dengue Risk in Bangladesh: An Overview.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Review
- Recent Dengue Infection in Bangladesh: A Seasonal Endemic Progressing to Year-long Serious Health Concern.Euroasian journal of hepato-gastroenterologyReview
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Abstract
backgroundDengue is one of the common arboviral infections and is a public health problem in South East Asia. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the prevalence and distribution of dengue in SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) countries.
methodsThe PubMed, PubMed Central, Embase and Scopus databases were searched for relevant studies. Statistical analysis on data extracted from the selected studied was conducted using the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis Software (CMA) version 3 software package. Proportions were used to estimate the outcome with a 95% confidence interval (CI).
resultsAcross all studies, among cases of suspected dengue, 30.7% were confirmed dengue cases (proportion: 0.307, 95% CI: 0.277-0.339). The seroprevalence of dengue immunoglobulin (Ig)G, IgM or both (IgM and IgG) antibodies and dengue NS1 antigen was 34.6, 34.2, 29.0 and 24.1%, respectively. Among the different strains of dengue, dengue virus (DENV) strains DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3 and DENV-4 accounted for 21.8, 41.2, 14.7 and 6.3% of cases, respectively. The prevalence of dengue fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome was 80.5, 18.2 and 1.5%, respectively. Fever was a commonly reported symptom, and thrombocytopenia was present in 44.7% of cases. Mortality was reported in 1.9% of dengue cases.
conclusionsDengue is a common health problem in South East Asia with high seroprevalence. DENV-2 was found to be the most common strain causing infection, and most dengue cases were dengue fever. In addition, thrombocytopenia was reported in almost half of the dengue cases.
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