Implications of a travel connectivity-based approach for infectious disease transmission risks in Oceania.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The increase in international travel brought about by globalisation has enabled the rapid spread of emerging pathogens with epidemic and pandemic potential. While travel connectivity-based assessments may help understand patterns of travel network-mediated epidemics, such approaches are rarely carried out in sufficient detail for Oceania where air travel is the dominant method of transportation between countries.

Design

Travel data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Stats NZ and the United Nations World Tourism Organization websites were used to calculate travel volumes in 2018 within Oceania and between Oceania and the rest of the world. The Infectious Disease Vulnerability Index (IDVI) was incorporated into the analysis as an indicator of each country's

SUBMITTER: Cadavid Restrepo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8361703 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature