Estimating the annual dengue force of infection from the age of reporting primary infections across urban centres in endemic countries.

Joseph R BiggsAva Kristy SyKatharine SherrattOliver J BradyAdam J KucharskiSebastian FunkMary Anne Joy ReyesMary Ann QuinonesWilliam Jones-WarnerFerchito L AvelinoNemia L SucalditoAmado O TandocEva Cutiongco-de la PazMaria Rosario Z CapedingCarmencita D PadillaJulius Clemence R HafallaMartin L Hibberd

Published in: BMC medicine (2021)

We show the mean age of those reporting with their first dengue infection or those reporting with warning signs of dengue represent superior indicators of the dengue FOI compared to crude incidence across urban centres. Our work provides a framework for national dengue surveillance to routinely monitor transmission and target control interventions to populations most in need.

Keyphrases

zika virus
aedes aegypti
dengue virus
adverse drug
public health
risk factors
emergency department