title: Spatial and temporal patterns of dengue in Guangdong province of China.
abstract: The aim of the study was to describe the spatial and temporal patterns of dengue in Guangdong for 1978 to 2010. Time series analysis was performed using data on annual dengue incidence in Guangdong province for 1978-2010. Annual average dengue incidences for each city were mapped for 4 periods by using the geographical information system (GIS). Hot spot analysis was used to identify spatial patterns of dengue cases for 2005-2010 by using the CrimeStat III software. The incidence of dengue in Guangdong province had fallen steadily from 1978 to 2010. The time series was a random sequence without regularity and with no fixed cycle. The geographic range of dengue fever had expanded from 1978 to 2010. Cases were mostly concentrated in Zhanjiang and the developed regions of Pearl River Delta and Shantou.
authors: Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, PR China State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Beijing, PR China Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, PR China.
authors: Chenggang
authors: C
authors: Wang
authors: China CDC Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-Warning on Infectious Disease, Beijing, PR China.
authors: Weizhong
authors: W
authors: Yang
authors: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Beijing, PR China China CDC Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-Warning on Infectious Disease, Beijing, PR China Shandong University Climate Change and Health Center, Jinan, Shandong, PR China.
authors: Jingchun
authors: J
authors: Fan
authors: Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, PR China.
authors: Furong
authors: F
authors: Wang
authors: Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, PR China Shandong University Climate Change and Health Center, Jinan, Shandong, PR China bjiang@sdu.edu.cn liuqiyong@icdc.cn.
authors: Baofa
authors: B
authors: Jiang
authors: State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Beijing, PR China China CDC Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early-Warning on Infectious Disease, Beijing, PR China Shandong University Climate Change and Health Center, Jinan, Shandong, PR China.
authors: Qiyong
authors: Q
authors: Liu
mesh_terms: D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology*; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D062211:Spatio-Temporal Analysis
keywords: communicable diseases; dengue; epidemiology; geographical information systems; public health; spatial and temporal distribution