Dengue Fever Infection in Hodeidah, Yemen: Risk Factors and Socioeconomic Indicators

World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the dengue fever became epidemic in some parts of Yemen, spread in the costal planes of Tihama (Hodeidah). The study aim to evaluate the relationship between the dengue fever infection and the socioeconomic indicators in Hodeidah, Yemen. This was a cross-sectional observational study conducted by recruiting case-series of children, adults and elderly who have dengue fever within the age from 1 month to 80 year. 425 blood samples were collected from patients that received a simple explanation for the aim of the study as an ethical issue. The samples were assayed by Enzyme Linkage Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) to detect the acute and chronic dengue fever. The results showed that 179 samples were IgM positive and 246 were negative while 262 were found to be IgG positive and 163 were negative. On the other hand , the results showed that a significant correlation between the dengue infection and the socioeconomic indicators namely sex, accommodation, education level ( p < 0.05), while non – significant correlation (p > 0.05) was recorded between the infection and the other indicators namely the age, income and vector breeding sites relationships. In conclusion, this study revealed that, the dengue fever is a major cause of fever in Hodeidah, Yemen. The peak incidence of dengue fever occurs in the male of secondary school and graduate study that habits in random house.

Author(s): Qais Yusuf Abdullah, Mahmoud Ogaili, Murad Alahdal and Mohammed Amood AL-Kamarany

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