Re-assess Vector Indices Threshold as an Early Warning Tool for Predicting Dengue Epidemic in a Dengue Non-endemic Country
Fig 2
Secular trend of the meteorological data and the dengue cases from 2005 to 2012.
(A) Comparison between Kaohsiung city and whole Taiwan of all laboratory-confirmed indigenous dengue cases from 2005 to 2012 based on the residential area. (B) Comparison among high, middle and low risk areas of all laboratory-confirmed indigenous dengue cases from 2005 to 2012. All dengue virus serotypes detected during each epidemic was indicated accordingly, with the dominant serotype labeled with asterisk based on the major serotype detected from more than 80% of dengue cases in the specific year. (C) The quarterly total numbers of the laboratory-confirmed imported and indigenous dengue cases in Kaohsiung city from 2005 to 2012. (D) The weekly average of temperature (temp, oC), rainfall (rain, mmHg) and relative humidity (rh, %) from 2005 to 2012.