Spatio-temporal Patterns of Dengue in Maran District from 2014 - 2018

Abstract

Dengue fever is a systemic viral infection transmitted by the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes to human and become endemic in more than 100 countries of Southeast Asia, America, Western Pacific, Africa and Mediterranean regions. Many studies are discussing on how to control public health issues including Dengue using temporal and spatial analysis. This study was conducted to assess the distribution of dengue cases in Maran District, Pahang from 2014 to 2018. A retrospective study was carried out in Maran by using data from e-notification system from the year 2014 until 2018 in which 634 cases of Dengue in the analysis to see patterns of Dengue in Maran. All the data regarding the cases of longitude and latitude were based on “mukim” and locality by using ArGIS. Female and aged group (15-29 years old) were more likely to be infected by Dengue (51% and 32.2%%, respectively). Descriptive spatial analysis indicated the DF infection was normally distributed in all zones. Descriptive analyzes show a spatial Dengue infection has spread sporadically in all “mukim” with mukim Chenor was the most affected. All the pattern analysis showed clustered pattern. The factors that cause the occurrence of Dengue identified should be considered to ensure that control measures can approach to be more drastic and carried out to prevent the spread of Dengue in the Maran District.