ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Arboviral Disease Outbreaks in the Pacific Islands Countries and Areas, 2014 to 2020: A Systematic Literature and Document Review.
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- Understanding the Effect of a Changing Climate on the Re-Emergence of Mosquito-Borne Diseases in Vulnerable Small Island Nations: A Systematic Review.Zoonoses and public health · 2025Pooled it
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- Temporal and Geographical Patterns of Pacific Arboviral Vectors on Ebeye, Republic of the Marshall Islands: Insights from a Longitudinal Entomological Study.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Spatial Risk Factors of Vector-Borne Diseases in Pacific Island Countries and Territories: A Scoping Review.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Review
- A comparison of mosquito sampling methods in six Pacific Island countries.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
- Investigating linkages between human movement and meteorological variables on dengue outbreaks in the Pacific Islands.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- A comprehensive overview of the burden, prevention, and therapeutic aspects of arboviral diseases in India.Communications medicine · 2025Review
- A Review of the Recent Epidemiology of Zika Virus Infection.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Review
- Integrated serological surveillance for neglected tropical diseases, vaccine-preventable diseases, and arboviruses in Samoa, 2018.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The launch of the Pacific vector network: connecting Pacific Island Countries and areas to prevent and control vector-borne diseases.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Seroprevalence, incidence estimates, and environmental risk factors for dengue, chikungunya, and Zika infection amongst children living in informal urban settlements in Indonesia and Fiji.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Seroprevalence, incidence estimates, and environmental risk factors for dengue, chikungunya, and Zika infection amongst children living in informal urban settlements in Indonesia and Fiji.Research square · 2024Article
- Building capacity for testing sterile insect technique against Aedes-borne diseases in the Pacific: a training workshop and launch of sterile insect technique trials against Aedes aegypti and arboviral diseases.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2024Article
- Dengue Virus and Zika Virus Seroprevalence in the South Pacific Populations of the Cook Islands and Vanuatu.Viruses · 2024Article
- Successful introgression of wMel Wolbachia into Aedes aegypti populations in Fiji, Vanuatu and Kiribati.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) seroprevalence in the South Pacific populations of the Cook Islands and Vanuatu with associated environmental and social factors.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
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Abstract
Arthropod-borne diseases pose a significant public health threat, accounting for greater than 17% of infectious disease cases and 1 million deaths annually. Across Pacific Island countries and areas (PICs), outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika are increasing in frequency and scale. Data about arbovirus outbreaks are incomplete, with reports sporadic, delayed, and often based solely on syndromic surveillance. We undertook a systematic review of published and grey literature and contacted relevant regional authorities to collect information about arboviral activity affecting PICs between October 2014 and June 2020. Our literature search identified 1176 unique peer-reviewed articles that were reduced to 25 relevant publications when screened. Our grey literature search identified 873 sources. Collectively, these data reported 104 unique outbreaks, including 72 dengue outbreaks affecting 19 (out of 22) PICs, 14 chikungunya outbreaks affecting 11 PICs, and 18 Zika outbreaks affecting 14 PICs. Our review is the most complete account of arboviral outbreaks to affect PICs since comparable work was published in 2014. It highlights the continued elevated level of arboviral activity across the Pacific and inconsistencies in how information about outbreaks is reported and recorded. It demonstrates the importance of a One-Health approach and the role that improved communication and reporting between different governments and sectors play in understanding the emergence, circulation, and transboundary risks posed by arboviral diseases.
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