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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2022

Dengue Epidemiology in Qatar from 2013-2021: A Retrospective Study.

Elmoubashar Abd Farag, Shariq Jaffrey, Faisal Daraan, Maha Hammam M A Al-Shamali, Fahmi Y Khan, Peter V Coyle, Francis Schaffner, Hamad Eid Al-Romaihi, Mohammed Al-Thani, Devendra Bansal

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Article in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Elmoubashar Abd FaragHealth Protection and Communicable Diseases, Public Health Department, Ministry of Public Health, Doha P.O. Box 42, Qatar.
Shariq JaffreyHealth Protection and Communicable Diseases, Public Health Department, Ministry of Public Health, Doha P.O. Box 42, Qatar.
Faisal DaraanHealth Protection and Communicable Diseases, Public Health Department, Ministry of Public Health, Doha P.O. Box 42, Qatar.
Maha Hammam M A Al-ShamaliHealth Protection and Communicable Diseases, Public Health Department, Ministry of Public Health, Doha P.O. Box 42, Qatar.
Fahmi Y KhanDepartment of Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha P.O. Box 3050, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-5741-7435
Peter V CoyleDepartment of Virology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha P.O. Box 3050, Qatar.
Francis SchaffnerFrancis Schaffner Consultancy, Lörracherstrasse 50, 4125 Riehen, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9166-7617
Hamad Eid Al-RomaihiHealth Protection and Communicable Diseases, Public Health Department, Ministry of Public Health, Doha P.O. Box 42, Qatar.
Mohammed Al-ThaniHealth Protection and Communicable Diseases, Public Health Department, Ministry of Public Health, Doha P.O. Box 42, Qatar.
Devendra BansalHealth Protection and Communicable Diseases, Public Health Department, Ministry of Public Health, Doha P.O. Box 42, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0002-1387-4335
Ministry of Public Health · QAHamad General Hospital · QAHamad Medical Corporation · QASchaffner (Switzerland) · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: Qatar does not have any indigenous cases of dengue; however, the influx of immigrants from dengue endemic countries, the environment, and climate suitability for Aedes vector mosquitoes suggest a potential risk for local transmission. In this study, we investigated various demographic factors to determine the epidemiological features of dengue in Qatar. (2) Methods: In the present retrospective study, we reviewed dengue notification data received at the national surveillance system, Ministry of Public Health, Qatar, between January 2013, and December 2021, and we analyzed the incidence of the dengue disease burden to identify factors that could contribute to the dissemination of the disease in Qatar. (3) Results: A total of 166 dengue fever seropositive cases were recorded during the study period in Qatar. The mean incidence was estimated to be 0.7/100,000 population, which increased from 0.7/100,000 in 2013 to 1.5/100,000 in 2019. The majority of the cases were male, between 20-50 years of age and notified during the hot months (June-September). Most of the patients had fever without hemorrhagic manifestations. There were no dengue related deaths during 2013-2021. (4) Conclusion: Dengue fever occurred more frequently among men than women, and its incidence is low among Qatari nationals. The presence of the most efficient vector,

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