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ArticleEpidemiology and infection2013

Dengue surveillance by proxy: travellers as sentinels for outbreaks in the Pacific Islands.

C L Lau, P Weinstein, D Slaney

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Article in Epidemiology and infection, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

C L LauSchool of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
P Weinstein
D Slaney
New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science · NZThe University of Queensland · AUUniversity of South Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sensitive surveillance systems are crucial for effective control of infectious disease outbreaks, and regional surveillance could provide valuable data to supplement global systems, improve sensitivity and timeliness of reporting, or capture otherwise undetected outbreaks. In New Zealand (NZ), there are no endemic arboviral diseases in humans, and the majority of dengue cases are imported from neighbouring Pacific Islands where comprehensive surveillance systems are under development. From 1997 to 2009, 679 cases of dengue were reported in NZ (74·2% acquired from the Pacific Islands), and the patterns of reported incidence of dengue acquired from different islands closely reflected local reported incidence in those areas. NZ is therefore in a unique position to provide early alerts on dengue outbreaks in the Pacific Islands. Such a strategy would reduce disease burden in both the Pacific Islands and NZ, and provide a model for transnational collaboration in disease surveillance with regional as well as global benefits.

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Disease OutbreaksSentinel SurveillanceTravelAdolescentAdultAgedChildDengueFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPacific IslandsRetrospective StudiesYoung Adult

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PMID23374875
PMCPMC9151433
OpenAlexW2093683563

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