Best practices in dengue surveillance: a report from the Asia-Pacific and Americas Dengue Prevention Boards.
Background Dengue fever is a virus infection that is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and can cause severe disease especially in children. Dengue fever is a major problem in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Methodology/principal findings We invited dengue experts from around the w...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:cbae6f54cde94e61a9334c69b40150ec 2023-05-15T15:12:23+02:00 Best practices in dengue surveillance: a report from the Asia-Pacific and Americas Dengue Prevention Boards. Mark E Beatty Amy Stone David W Fitzsimons Jeffrey N Hanna Sai Kit Lam Sirenda Vong Maria G Guzman Jorge F Mendez-Galvan Scott B Halstead G William Letson Joel Kuritsky Richard Mahoney Harold S Margolis Asia-Pacific and Americas Dengue Prevention Boards Surveillance Working Group 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000890 https://doaj.org/article/cbae6f54cde94e61a9334c69b40150ec EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21103381/pdf/?tool=EBI https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000890 https://doaj.org/article/cbae6f54cde94e61a9334c69b40150ec PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 4, Iss 11, p e890 (2010) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2010 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000890 2022-12-31T07:19:53Z Background Dengue fever is a virus infection that is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and can cause severe disease especially in children. Dengue fever is a major problem in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Methodology/principal findings We invited dengue experts from around the world to attend meetings to discuss dengue surveillance. We reviewed literature, heard detailed reports on surveillance programs, and shared expert opinions. Results Presentations by 22 countries were heard during the 2.5 day meetings. We describe the best methods of surveillance in general, the stakeholders in dengue surveillance, and the steps from mosquito bite to reporting of a dengue case to explore how best to carry out dengue surveillance. We also provide details and a comparison of the dengue surveillance programs by the presenting countries. Conclusions/significance The experts provided recommendations for achieving the best possible data from dengue surveillance accepting the realities of the real world (e.g., limited funding and staff). Their recommendations included: (1) Every dengue endemic country should make reporting of dengue cases to the government mandatory; (2) electronic reporting systems should be developed and used; (3) at minimum dengue surveillance data should include incidence, hospitalization rates, deaths by age group; (4) additional studies should be completed to check the sensitivity of the system; (5) laboratories should share expertise and data; (6) tests that identify dengue virus should be used in patients with fever for four days or less and antibody tests should be used after day 4 to diagnose dengue; and (7) early detection and prediction of dengue outbreaks should be goals for national surveillance systems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Pacific PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 4 11 e890 |
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Background Dengue fever is a virus infection that is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and can cause severe disease especially in children. Dengue fever is a major problem in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Methodology/principal findings We invited dengue experts from around the world to attend meetings to discuss dengue surveillance. We reviewed literature, heard detailed reports on surveillance programs, and shared expert opinions. Results Presentations by 22 countries were heard during the 2.5 day meetings. We describe the best methods of surveillance in general, the stakeholders in dengue surveillance, and the steps from mosquito bite to reporting of a dengue case to explore how best to carry out dengue surveillance. We also provide details and a comparison of the dengue surveillance programs by the presenting countries. Conclusions/significance The experts provided recommendations for achieving the best possible data from dengue surveillance accepting the realities of the real world (e.g., limited funding and staff). Their recommendations included: (1) Every dengue endemic country should make reporting of dengue cases to the government mandatory; (2) electronic reporting systems should be developed and used; (3) at minimum dengue surveillance data should include incidence, hospitalization rates, deaths by age group; (4) additional studies should be completed to check the sensitivity of the system; (5) laboratories should share expertise and data; (6) tests that identify dengue virus should be used in patients with fever for four days or less and antibody tests should be used after day 4 to diagnose dengue; and (7) early detection and prediction of dengue outbreaks should be goals for national surveillance systems. |
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Mark E Beatty Amy Stone David W Fitzsimons Jeffrey N Hanna Sai Kit Lam Sirenda Vong Maria G Guzman Jorge F Mendez-Galvan Scott B Halstead G William Letson Joel Kuritsky Richard Mahoney Harold S Margolis Asia-Pacific and Americas Dengue Prevention Boards Surveillance Working Group |
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Best practices in dengue surveillance: a report from the Asia-Pacific and Americas Dengue Prevention Boards. |
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Best practices in dengue surveillance: a report from the Asia-Pacific and Americas Dengue Prevention Boards. |
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Best practices in dengue surveillance: a report from the Asia-Pacific and Americas Dengue Prevention Boards. |
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Best practices in dengue surveillance: a report from the Asia-Pacific and Americas Dengue Prevention Boards. |
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Best practices in dengue surveillance: a report from the Asia-Pacific and Americas Dengue Prevention Boards. |
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best practices in dengue surveillance: a report from the asia-pacific and americas dengue prevention boards. |
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