Dengue Trends

Dengue fever is a neglected tropical disease. Transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, it is now found in 113 countries.

Dengue is rarely fatal, but it nonetheless causes a high disease burden. It causes joint pain so fever that the disease has been nicknamed "breakbone fever." There is no vaccine and no antiviral for this disease. Only supportive care is available.

^{Further information on disease burden: http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0002055}^ ^{Image source: http://sciencenotes.ucsc.edu/2012/pages/dengue/dengue.html}^

^{Source: http://www.healthmap.org/dengue/en/}

Incidence of dengue varies across regions. But it also varies greatly within regions.

It is useful to be able to quickly see how a country stacks up against its region.

This can help us pinpoint trouble spots for special attention.

This Shiny app allows you to rapidly examine countries using a pair of drop-down menus. Select region, then select country from within that region.