TY - JOUR AU - Rotela, Camilo AU - Lopez, Laura AU - Frías Céspedes, María AU - Barbas, Gabriela AU - Lighezzolo, Andrés AU - Porcasi, Ximena AU - Lanfri, Mario A. AU - Scavuzzo, Carlos M. AU - Gorla, David E. PY - 2017/11/06 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Analytical report of the 2016 dengue outbreak in Córdoba city, Argentina JF - Geospatial Health JA - Geospat Health VL - 12 IS - 2 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.4081/gh.2017.564 UR - https://www.geospatialhealth.net/gh/article/view/564 SP - AB - After elimination of the <em>Aedes aegypti</em> vector in South America in the 1960s, dengue outbreaks started to reoccur during the 1990s; strongly in Argentina since 1998. In 2016, Córdoba City had the largest dengue outbreak in its history. In this article we report this outbreak including spatio-temporal analysis of cases and vectors in the city. A total of 653 dengue cases were recorded by the laboratory-based dengue surveillance system and georeferenced by their residential addresses. Case maps were generated from the epidemiological week 1 (beginning of January) to week 19 (mid-May). Dengue outbreak temporal evolution was analysed globally and three specific, high-incidence zones were detected using Knox analysis to characterising its spatio-temporal attributes. Field and remotely sensed data were collected and analysed in real time and a vector presence map based on the MaxEnt approach was generated to define hotspots, towards which the pesticide- based strategy was then targeted. The recorded pattern of cases evolution within the community suggests that dengue control measures should be improved. ER -