Land use and meteorological influences on dengue transmission dynamics in Dhaka city, Bangladesh
Sudipta Roy,
Abhijit Biswas,
Mst. Tanzila Aktar Shawon
et al.
Abstract:Background
Dengue fever, a viral illness spread mostly by Aedes mosquitoes, continues to pose a substantial public health issue in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. In Dhaka, climatic and socio-demographic factors like population density affect the spread of dengue. The dengue indexes are greatest in the residential mixed zone. Numerous environmental parameters, such as temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, and the air pollution index, have been linked to mosquito larvae, and dengue prevalence is cor… Show more
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