Containment measures for emerging and re-emerging vector-borne and other infectious diseases of poverty in urban settings: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The emergence and re-emergence of vector-borne and other infectious diseases of poverty pose a threat to the health of populations living in urban and low-income settings. A detailed understanding of intervention strategies, including effectiveness of past outbreak containment, is necessary to improve future practices. The objective was to determine what is known about the effectiveness of containment measures for emerging and re-emerging vector-borne and other infectious diseases of poverty in urban settings and identify research gaps and implications for public health practice.

Main body

We conducted a scoping review and systematically searched peer-reviewed and grey literature published between 2000 and 2016. Different data extraction tools were used for data c

SUBMITTER: Campeau L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6120079 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature