Pan, Chao-Ying
Liu, Wei-Liang
Su, Matthew-P.
Chang, Te-Pin
Ho, Hui-Pin
Shu, Pei-Yun
Huang, Joh-Jong
Lin, Li-Jen
Chen, Chun-Hong
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan (07A1-MRPP09-035 and 08A1-MRGP12-035, 07A1-MRPP09-035 and 08A1-MRGP12-035, 07A1-MRPP09-035 and 08A1-MRGP12-035, 07A1-MRPP09-035 and 08A1-MRGP12-035, 07A1-MRAP06-035 and 08A1-MRAP04-035, 07A1-MRAP06-035 and 08A1-MRAP04-035, 07A1-MRAP06-035 and 08A1-MRAP04-035, 07A1-MRAP06-035 and 08A1-MRAP04-035, 07A1-MRAP06-035 and 08A1-MRAP04-035)
Article History
Received: 23 September 2019
Accepted: 2 March 2020
First Online: 15 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All case data is freely available online, with information regarding Kaohsiung Dengue fever cases being found on the Taiwan CDC website (). This study was deemed unnecessary for the ethics approval according to “Communicable Disease Control Act” () of Taiwan, because this study used processed data sets without any personal identifiers, and did not involve any of the data sets in such a way that individuals might be identified. Although no personal identifiers were involved and no individuals stood to be harmed by the study, institutional research guidelines were adhered to ensure scientific soundness.
: Not applicable.
: All authors declare that they have no competing interests.