Imported dengue fever and climatic variation are important determinants facilitating dengue epidemics in Southern Taiwan

Wen‐Hung Wang^{a b}, Hsin‐Jen Chen^c, Chih-Yen Lin^d, Wanchai Assavalapsakul^e, Sheng‐Fan Wang^{b d f}✉

1. ^aDivision of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
2. ^bCenter for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
3. ^cInstitute of Public Health, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan
4. ^dDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan
5. ^eDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
6. ^fDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan. Electronic address: wasf1234@kmu.edu.tw
7. ✉Corresponding author