Singapore's 5 decades of dengue prevention and control-implications for global dengue control

• Main Authors: Ho, Soon Hoe, Lim, Jue Tao, Ong, Janet, Hapuarachchi, Hapuarachchige Chanditha, Sim, Shuzhen, Ng, Lee Ching
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Infected Mosquito Deployments; Virus
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171646
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper summarises the lessons learnt in dengue epidemiology, risk factors, and prevention in Singapore over the last half a century, during which Singapore evolved from a city of 1.9 million people to a highly urban globalised city-state with a population of 5.6 million. Set in a tropical climat...