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Volume 32, Number 11—November 2026

Dispatch

Transmission Dynamics of Dengue Virus, Ceará State, Brazil, 2010–2025

Shirlene T.S. de Lima1, Ingra M. Claro1, Xinyi Hua1, Livia Sacchetto, Ronaldo de Jesus, Leda M. Simões Mello, Júlia Forato, Erika R. Manuli, Cailin McDonald, Maria Eduarda T. de Lima, Clarissa P.M. Ferraz, Larissa M.F. Duarte, Vânia A.F. Viana, Mariana Araújo Costa, Antônio Carlos Firmino, Jayra J.P.A. Abrantes, Ludmila O.C. Sena, Débora Bezerra Silva, Sônia M.S. Macedo, Ester C. Sabino, Rodrigo F. do Carmo, Julio Croda, José Luiz Proenca-Modena, and William M. de SouzaComments to Author 
Author affiliation: University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA (S.T.S. de Lima, I.M. Claro, X. Hua, C. McDonald, W.M. de Souza); Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (S.T.S. de Lima, L. Sacchetto, J. Forato, J.L. Proenca-Modena); Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil (S.T.S. de Lima, C.P.M. Ferraz, L.M.F. Duarte, V.A.F. Viana, A.C. Firmino, D.B. Silva, S.M.S. Macedo); Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (R. de Jesus, L.M. Simões Mello); Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (E.R. Manuli, E.C. Sabino); Universidade Municipal de São Caetano do Sul, São Caetano do Sul, Brazil (E.R. Manuli); Universidade de Fortaleza, Fortaleza (M.E.T. de Lima); Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Acre, Rio Branco, Brazil (M.A. Costa); Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil (J.J.P.A. Abrantes); Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Sergipe, Aracaju, Brazil (L.O.C. Sena); Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Brazil (R.F. do Carmo); FIOCRUZ, Campo Grande, Brazil (J. Croda)

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Figure 1

Dengue incidence and DENV test positivity from study of DENV transmission dynamics, Ceará State, Brazil, 2010–2025. A) Weekly incidence of laboratory-confirmed dengue cases/100,000 inhabitants at the national (Brazil) and state (Ceará) levels, from epidemiologic week 1 of 2010 (January 3–9) through epidemiologic week 4 of 2025 (January 20–26). B) Annual DENV test positivity rate (%) in Brazil and Ceará. Dashed line indicates 50% positivity. DENV, dengue virus.

Figure 1. Dengue incidence and DENV test positivity from study of DENV transmission dynamics, Ceará State, Brazil, 2010–2025. A) Weekly incidence of laboratory-confirmed dengue cases/100,000 inhabitants at the national (Brazil) and state (Ceará) levels, from epidemiologic week 1 of 2010 (January 3–9) through epidemiologic week 4 of 2025 (January 20–26). B) Annual DENV test positivity rate (%) in Brazil and Ceará. Dashed line indicates 50% positivity. DENV, dengue virus.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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