'Pune's Newest Inhabitant: Dengue': Mapping the Spread of Dengue in Pune, India

Keywords: Mosquito-borne Diseases, Public Health, Urban Mobility, India
Abstract Type: Poster Abstract

Abstract

Numerous Indian cities have previously experienced dengue outbreaks, and prior studies have revealed that intra-urban mobility has played a crucial role in these outbreaks. This is the first phase of a project that aims to assess how intra-urban mobility affects dengue transmission in high-income areas of Pune, India. India comprises thirty percent of the global case burden for dengue, and Pune, the 7th largest metropolitan area in India, is considered hyperendemic for the disease. Surprisingly, previous seroprevalence studies have revealed that high-income areas in Pune have relatively high dengue seroprevalence rates. In other studies conducted in India, it has been suggested that intra-urban mobility could contribute to dengue transmission in high-income neighborhoods. By investigating the effect of human mobility on dengue transmission in these neighborhoods, strategies to combat dengue in tropical regions of India and in other countries in the Global South can be developed. Moreover, due to the projected increase in dengue incidence due to climate change, such strategies will be useful for combating dengue as it enters new areas.