An Analysis of a Dengue Outbreak at a Large Hospital and Epidemiological Evidence for Nosocomial Dengue

Figure 2

Temporal sequence of weekly dengue incidences of the THK workers, Kandy district population, counts of patients admitted to THK for other illnesses and then diagnosed with dengue each week, and the numbers of containers positive for vector mosquito larvae found in the hospital premises. X-axis: the last day of the each week. Primary Y-axis: dengue incidence per 100000 population in the Kandy district (in red), the numbers (counts) of patients admitted to THK for other illnesses and then diagnosed with dengue each week (in green), and the numbers of containers with vector larvae found in THK premises (in purple). Secondary Y-axis: dengue incidence per 100000 population in THK workers in a different scale (in blue).