Setting Dengue Fever Epidemic Thresholds Between 2016 and 2021 in the Central Health Region, Burkina Faso: An Ecological Study.
Jean Claude Romaric Pingdwindé OuédraogoSylvain IlboudoEspérance OuédraogoWendlasida Thomas OuédraogoSalfo OuédraogoBenoit Césaire SamadoulougouMikaila KaboréLéon G Blaise SavadogoPublished in: Journal of epidemiology and global health (2023)
If the DF incidence varied within a year due to the seasons, it was relatively stable between 2016 and 2021. The mean and C-sum methods based on the mean were subject to extreme values, giving high thresholds. The median method seemed better for capturing the abnormal increase in dengue incidence.