Refining the Global Spatial Limits of Dengue Virus Transmission by Evidence-Based Consensus

Abstract

The map produced here provides a list of 128 countries for which there is good evidence of dengue occurrence, including 36 countries that have previously been classified as dengue-free by the World Health Organization and/or the US Centers for Disease Control. It also identifies disease surveillance needs, which we list in full. The disease extents and limits determined here using evidence consensus, marks the beginning of a five-year study to advance the mapping of dengue virus transmission and disease risk. Completion of this first step has allowed us to produce a preliminary estimate of population at risk with an upper bound of 3.97 billion people. This figure will be refined in future work.

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Dengue feverGlobal healthDengue virusTransmission (telecommunications)Neglected tropical diseasesDengue vaccineDiseaseEnvironmental healthPublic healthMedicineGeographyVirologyComputer sciencePathology

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Year: 2012
Type: article
Volume: 6
Issue: 8
Pages: e1760-e1760
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                                    Oliver J. Brady, 
                                
                                    Peter W. Gething, 
                                
                                    Samir Bhatt
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2012). 
                            Refining the Global Spatial Limits of Dengue Virus Transmission by Evidence-Based Consensus. 
                            PLoS neglected tropical diseases
                            , 6
                            (8)
                            , e1760-e1760.
                            https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001760
                        

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001760