A scoping literature review of global dengue age-stratified seroprevalence data: estimating dengue force of infection in endemic countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dengue poses a significant burden worldwide, and a more comprehensive understanding of the heterogeneity in the intensity of dengue transmission within endemic countries is necessary to evaluate the potential impact of public health interventions.

Methods

This scoping literature review aimed to update a previous study of dengue transmission intensity by collating global age-stratified dengue seroprevalence data published in the Medline, Embase and Web of Science databases from 2014 to 2023. These data were then utilised to calibrate catalytic models and estimate the force of infection (FOI), which is the yearly per-capita risk of infection for a typical susceptible individual.

Findings

We found a total of 66 new publications containing 219 age-stratified se

SUBMITTER: Vicco A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11096825 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature