Edrees Wadhah Hassan, Al-Shehari Wadee Abdullah, Al-Haddad Ahmed Mohammed, Alrahabi Lutf Mohammed, Al-Haddad Osama Saleh, Al-Halani Ali Ahmed
Medical Microbiology Department, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Hajjah University, Hajjah, Yemen.
Medical Laboratory Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Al-Razi University, Sana'a, Yemen.
BMC Infect Dis. 2025 Jan 6;25(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s12879-024-10429-6.
Dengue fever (DF) is a mosquito-borne viral infection that has recently become a burden worldwide, particularly in low-income countries, such as Yemen. There have been no epidemiological studies on DF in recent years in Yemen. Therefore, based on secondary data, this study aimed to shed light on the epidemiology of DF in Yemen between 2020 and 2024.
This was a retrospective analysis using secondary data recorded between January 2020 and August 2024 in the Surveillance Center of the Ministry of Health and Population in Aden. The data was gathered in a Microsoft Excel file and descriptively analyzed.
A total of 104,562 dengue cases, aged between 1 and 80 years (SD = 24.93±17.02), were enrolled in this retrospective analysis. A higher proportion of DF cases was recorded among males (58.10%), the age group of 15-24 years (26.11%), in 2020 (30.65%), in the Taiz governorate (39.17%), and in the autumn (28.9%). The total incidence of DF was 103.09 per 10,000 individuals. Additionally, the incidence rate of DF per 10,000 individuals was significantly higher among males (118.3 cases), aged 25-34 years (91.73 cases), in 2020 (31.39 cases), and in the Shabwah governorate (176.96 cases). In general, the total fatality rate was 217 (0.21%), with a high rate among females (0.23%), aged ≥ 65 years (0.75%), in 2020 (0.37%), and the Aden governorate (0.82%).
These findings indicate that the rates of DF cases have increased in Yemen over the last few years. Therefore, it is critical to introduce an effective program to prevent DF and control dengue vector transmission in Yemen.
登革热是一种由蚊子传播的病毒感染疾病，最近已成为全球负担，尤其是在也门等低收入国家。近年来也门尚未开展关于登革热的流行病学研究。因此，本研究基于二手数据，旨在揭示2020年至2024年期间也门登革热的流行病学情况。
这是一项回顾性分析，使用了2020年1月至2024年8月在亚丁卫生和人口部监测中心记录的二手数据。数据收集在一个Microsoft Excel文件中并进行描述性分析。
共有104562例登革热病例纳入本回顾性分析，年龄在1至80岁之间（标准差=24.93±17.02）。男性（58.10%）、15 - 24岁年龄组（26.11%）、2020年（30.65%）、塔伊兹省（39.17%）以及秋季（28.9%）的登革热病例比例较高。登革热的总发病率为每10000人103.09例。此外，男性（118.3例）、25 - 34岁年龄组（91.73例）、2020年（31.39例）以及舍卜沃省（176.96例）每10000人的登革热发病率显著更高。总体而言，总死亡率为217例（0.21%），女性（0.23%）、年龄≥65岁（0.75%）、2020年（0.37%）以及亚丁省（0.82%）的死亡率较高。
这些发现表明，过去几年也门的登革热病例数有所增加。因此，在也门引入有效的预防登革热和控制登革热媒介传播的项目至关重要。
