Dengue Sentinel Traveler Surveillance: Monthly and Yearly Notification Trends among Japanese Travelers, 2006-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dengue is becoming an increasing threat to non-endemic countries. In Japan, the reported number of imported cases has been rising, and the first domestic dengue outbreak in nearly 70 years was confirmed in 2014, highlighting the need for greater situational awareness and better-informed risk assessment.

Methods

Using national disease surveillance data and publically available traveler statistics, we compared monthly and yearly trends in the destination country-specific dengue notification rate per 100,000 Japanese travelers with those of domestic dengue cases in the respective country visited during 2006-2014. Comparisons were made for countries accounting for the majority of importations; yearly comparisons were restricted to countries where respective national s

SUBMITTER: Fukusumi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4991785 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature