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Rosado-Santiago C, Pérez-Guerra CL, Vélez-Agosto NM, Colón-Burgos C, Marrero-Santos KM, Partridge SK, Lockwood AE, Young C, Waterman SH, Paz-Bailey G, Cardona-Gerena I, Rivera A, Adams LE, Wong JM. Perceptions of dengue risk and acceptability of a dengue vaccine in residents of Puerto Rico. Hum Vaccin Immunother 2024; 20:2323264. [PMID: 38599678 PMCID: PMC11008542 DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2323264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
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Dengvaxia is the first dengue vaccine recommended in the United States (U.S.). It is recommended for children aged 9-16 y with laboratory-confirmed previous dengue infection and living in areas where dengue is endemic. We conducted focus groups with parents and in-depth interviews with key informants (i.e. practicing pediatricians, physicians from immunization clinics, university researchers, and school officials) in Puerto Rico (P.R.) to examine acceptability, barriers, and motivators to vaccinate with Dengvaxia. We also carried out informal meetings and semi-structured interviews to evaluate key messages and educational materials with pediatricians and parents. Barriers to vaccination included lack of information, distrust toward new vaccines, vaccine side effects and risks, and high cost of/lack of insurance coverage for laboratory tests and vaccines. Motivators included clear information about the vaccine, a desire to prevent future dengue infections, the experience of a previous dengue infection or awareness of dengue fatality, vaccine and laboratory tests covered by health insurance, availability of rapid test results and vaccine appointments. School officials and parents agreed parents would pay a deductible of $5-20 for Dengvaxia. For vaccine information dissemination, parents preferred an educational campaign through traditional media and social media, and one-on-one counseling of parents by healthcare providers. Education about this vaccine to healthcare providers will help them answer parents' questions. Dengvaxia acceptability in P.R. will increase by addressing motivators and barriers to vaccination and by disseminating vaccine information in plain language through spokespersons from health institutions in P.R.
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- Coral Rosado-Santiago
- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, PR, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, PR, USA
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, PR, USA
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- National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, PR, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, PR, USA
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- Puerto Rico Department of Health, San Juan, PR, USA
- Immunization Program, Puerto Rico Department of Health, San Juan, PR, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, PR, USA
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, PR, USA
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Chen LH, Marti C, Diaz Perez C, Jackson BM, Simon AM, Lu M. Epidemiology and burden of dengue fever in the United States: a systematic review. J Travel Med 2023; 30:taad127. [PMID: 37792822 DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taad127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Dengue is currently a global concern. The range of dengue vectors is expanding with climate change, yet United States of America (USA) studies on dengue epidemiology and burden are limited. This systematic review sought to characterize the epidemiology and disease burden of dengue within the USA. METHODS Studies evaluating travel-related and endemic dengue in US states and territories were identified and qualitatively summarized. Commentaries and studies on ex-US cases were excluded. MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane Library, Latin American and Caribbean Center of Health Sciences Information, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination and Clinicaltrials.gov were searched through January 2022. RESULTS 116 studies were included. In US states, dengue incidence was generally low, with spikes occurring in recent years in 2013-16 (0.17-0.31 cases/100,000) and peaking in 2019 (0.35 cases/100,000). Most cases (94%, n = 7895, 2010-21) were travel related. Dengue was more common in Puerto Rico (cumulative average: 200 cases/100,000, 1980-2015); in 2010-21, 99.9% of cases were locally acquired. There were <50 severe cases in US states (2010-17); fatal cases were even rarer. Severe cases in Puerto Rico peaked in 1998 (n = 173) and 2021 (n = 76). Besides lower income, risk factors in US states included having birds in residence, suggesting unspecified environmental characteristics favourable to dengue vectors. Commonly reported symptoms included fever, headache and rash; median disease duration was 3.5-11 days. Hospitalization rates increased following 2009 World Health Organization disease classification changes (pre-2009: 0-54%; post-2009: 14-75%); median length of stay was 2.7-8 days (Puerto Rico) and 2-3 days (US states). Hospitalization costs/case (2010 USD) were$14 350 (US states),$1764-$5497 (Puerto Rico) and$4207 (US Virgin Islands). In Puerto Rico, average days missed were 0.2-5.3 (work) and 2.5 (school). CONCLUSIONS Though dengue risk is ongoing, treatments are limited, and dengue's economic burden is high. There is an urgent need for additional preventive and therapeutic interventions.
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- Lin H Chen
- Division of Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital, 330 Mount Auburn Street Suite 413 Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, San Juan City Hospital, Paseo Dr. Jose Celso Barbosa San Juan, PR 00921, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR 00936, Puerto Rico
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- Evidence & Access, OPEN Health, 25 Recreation Park Drive, Suite 200 Hingham, MA 02043, USA
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- Evidence & Access, OPEN Health, 25 Recreation Park Drive, Suite 200 Hingham, MA 02043, USA
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- Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc., 95 Hayden Avenue Lexington, MA 0242195, USA
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Gutiérrez EHJ, Riehle MA, Walker KR, Ernst KC, Davidowitz G. Using body size as an indicator for age structure in field populations of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). Parasit Vectors 2022; 15:483. [PMID: 36550576 PMCID: PMC9773510 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-022-05605-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Aedes aegypti mosquito is a vector of several viruses including dengue, chikungunya, zika, and yellow fever. Vector surveillance and control are the primary methods used for the control and prevention of disease transmission; however, public health institutions largely rely on measures of population abundance as a trigger for initiating control activities. Previous research found evidence that at the northern edge of Ae. aegypti's geographic range, survival, rather than abundance, is likely to be the factor limiting disease transmission. In this study, we sought to test the utility of using body size as an entomological index to surveil changes in the age structure of field-collected female Aedes aegypti. METHODS We collected female Ae. aegypti mosquitoes using BG sentinel traps in three cities at the northern edge of their geographic range. Collections took place during their active season over the course of 3 years. Female wing size was measured as an estimate of body size, and reproductive status was characterized by examining ovary tracheation. Chronological age was determined by measuring transcript abundance of an age-dependent gene. These data were then tested with female abundance at each site and weather data from the estimated larval development period and adulthood (1 week prior to capture). Two sources of weather data were tested to determine which was more appropriate for evaluating impacts on mosquito physiology. All variables were then used to parameterize structural equation models to predict age. RESULTS In comparing city-specific NOAA weather data and site-specific data from HOBO remote temperature and humidity loggers, we found that HOBO data were more tightly associated with body size. This information is useful for justifying the cost of more precise weather monitoring when studying intra-population heterogeneity of eco-physiological factors. We found that body size itself was not significantly associated with age. Of all the variables measured, we found that best fitting model for age included temperature during development, body size, female abundance, and relative humidity in the 1 week prior to capture . The strength of models improved drastically when testing one city at a time, with Hermosillo (the only study city with seasonal dengue transmission) having the best fitting model for age. Despite our finding that there was a bias in the body size of mosquitoes collected alive from the BG sentinel traps that favored large females, there was still sufficient variation in the size of females collected alive to show that inclusion of this entomological indicator improved the predictive capacity of our models. CONCLUSIONS Inclusion of body size data increased the strength of weather-based models for age. Importantly, we found that variation in age was greater within cities than between cities, suggesting that modeling of age must be made on a city-by-city basis. These results contribute to efforts to use weather forecasts to predict changes in the probability of disease transmission by mosquito vectors.
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- Eileen H. Jeffrey Gutiérrez
- grid.134563.60000 0001 2168 186XGraduate Interdisciplinary Program in Entomology and Insect Science, University of Arizona, 1140 E South Campus Drive, Forbes 410, Tucson, AZ 85721-0036 USA ,grid.47840.3f0000 0001 2181 7878Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2121 Berkeley Way, 94720-7360 Berkeley, USA
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- grid.134563.60000 0001 2168 186XGraduate Interdisciplinary Program in Entomology and Insect Science, University of Arizona, 1140 E South Campus Drive, Forbes 410, Tucson, AZ 85721-0036 USA
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- grid.134563.60000 0001 2168 186XGraduate Interdisciplinary Program in Entomology and Insect Science, University of Arizona, 1140 E South Campus Drive, Forbes 410, Tucson, AZ 85721-0036 USA
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- grid.134563.60000 0001 2168 186XDept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Arizona, 1295 N. Martin Ave., PO Box 245210, Tucson, AZ 85724 USA
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- grid.134563.60000 0001 2168 186XGraduate Interdisciplinary Program in Entomology and Insect Science, University of Arizona, 1140 E South Campus Drive, Forbes 410, Tucson, AZ 85721-0036 USA
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Thommes E, Coudeville L, Muhammad R, Martin M, Nelson CB, Chit A. Public health impact and cost-effectiveness of implementing a 'pre-vaccination screening' strategy with the dengue vaccine in Puerto Rico. Vaccine 2022; 40:7343-7351. [PMID: 36347720 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.10.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended 'pre-vaccination screening' as its preferred implementation strategy when using the licensed dengue vaccine (CYD-TDV; Dengvaxia, Sanofi), so that only individuals with previous dengue infection are vaccinated. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended use of CYD-TDV to prevent dengue in children with previous laboratory-confirmed dengue infection in regions where dengue is endemic. Here, we evaluate the public health impact and cost-effectiveness of a 'pre-vaccination screening' strategy in Puerto Rico. METHODS The current analysis builds upon a previously published transmission model used to assess the benefits/risks associated with dengue vaccination. For 'pre-vaccination screening', three alternative testing methods were assessed: one using an immunoglobulin G (IgG) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) dengue serotest, another with dengue serotesting using a rapid diagnostic test (RDT), and one using both sequentially (as recommended in Puerto Rico). The time horizon considered was 10 years. RESULTS In Puerto Rico, the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) averted for 'pre-vaccination screening' with an ELISA-based program, RDT-based program, and both sequentially would be a median 1,192 (95% CI: 716-2,232), 2,812 (95% CI: 1,579-5,019), and 1,017 (95% CI: 561-1,738), respectively. These benefits would arise from the reduction in cases: median 24,961 (95% CI: 17,480-36,782), 58,273 (95% CI: 40,729-84,796), 20,775 (95% CI: 14,637-30,374) fewer cases, respectively. The cost per DALY averted from a payer perspective would be US$12,518 (95 %CI: US$4,749-26,922), US$10,047 (95% CI: US$3,350-23,852), and US$12,334 (95% CI: US$4,965-26,444), respectively. All three strategies would be cost saving from a societal perspective. CONCLUSIONS Our study supports the WHO and CDC 'pre-vaccination screening' guidance for CYD-TDV implementation. In Puerto Rico, regardless of the testing strategy and even with a relatively low rate of testing, it would be cost-effective from a payer perspective and cost saving from a societal perspective.
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- Edward Thommes
- Sanofi, 1755 Steeles Avenue W, Toronto, Ontario M2R 3T4, Canada; University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road E, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada; York University, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada.
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- Sanofi, 1 Discovery Drive, Swiftwater, PA 18370, USA.
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- Sanofi, 1 Discovery Drive, Swiftwater, PA 18370, USA; Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Kaur J, Yadav CP, Chauhan NM, Baharia RK. Economic burden estimation associated with dengue and chikungunya in Gujarat, India. J Family Med Prim Care 2022; 11:5393-5403. [PMID: 36505586 PMCID: PMC9731033 DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_694_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Dengue and chikungunya have been emerging as major vector-borne diseases. The global burden of the diseases is rising as a public health problem. The complexity of disease is governed by multiple constraints including only symptomatic treatment and inflicts heavy social and economic burden on society. The present study is designed to assess the economic burden of dengue and chikungunya infection by calculating cost per patient in Gujarat, India. Methods A total of 210 patients were enrolled in the study from Ahmedabad and Kheda district of Gujarat from May 2018 to December 2019 of which 150 had dengue and 60 chikungunya infections, subject to the willingness of participation in the survey. Information on wage loss days, cost associated with medicines, diagnosis, special food and travel cost, etc., for the calculation of the direct and indirect costs associated with dengue and chikungunya were collected from these participants using a structured questionnaire. Informed consent was taken before including any participant in the study. Results In the dengue sample, 86 were males (57.3%) and the rest were females, and in the chikungunya sample, 31 were males (51.7%) and the rest females. The median age of the participants with dengue and chikungunya was 18 (p25 to p75: 8 to 26) and 30 (p25 to p75: 21 to 45) years respectively. Median family income was recorded as Rs 15,000 (p25 to p75: 9000 to 25500) and Rs 12,000 (p25 to p75: 9000 to 18500) for the dengue and chikungunya cases, respectively. The average duration of the illness was observed to be higher in chikungunya (median days (P25 to p75): 15 (7-45)) than dengue (median days (P25 to p75): 10 (5-15)). The median indirect cost in the case of dengue was Rs 1,931 (p25 to p75: 300 to 4500) while Rs 2,550 (p25 to p75: 0 to 5250) was observed for chikungunya cases. Two types of direct cost, namely, direct cost related to medical expenses and direct cost related to other expenses were calculated. Direct cost related to medical expenses was observed to be higher in dengue (Md (P25 to p75): Rs 2,450 (400-5000)) than chikungunya (Md (P25 to p75): Rs 1,500 (150-5200)) while indirect cost related to other expenses were comparable between dengue (Md (P25 to p75): Rs 1,575 (1300-2600)) and chikungunya (Md (P25 to p75): Rs 1500 (850-2850)). The average total cost for one dengue episode was estimated to be Rs 6,860 (3700-12525) whereas it was Rs 7,000 (2550-14000) for one episode of Chikungunya. Conclusions Overall, patients have to bear high costs while suffering from dengue and chikungunya infections. Furthermore, the duration of illness while suffering from viral diseases also contributes to the substantial economic burden. Improved knowledge about the impact of the cost and the economic burden associated with dengue and chikungunya will help policymakers allocate and appropriate resources accordingly.
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- Jaspreet Kaur
- ICMR- National Institute of Malaria Research, Dwarka, New Delhi, India
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- ICMR- National Institute of Malaria Research, Field Unit, Civil Hospital Nadiad, Gujarat, India,Address for correspondence: Dr. Rajendra Kumar Baharia, Officer In-Charge and Scientist, ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, Field Station: Nadiad, Civil Hospital, Gujarat - 387 001, India. E-mail:
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Berdiev AN, Goel RK, Saunoris JW. Do disease epidemics force economic activity underground? International evidence. CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC POLICY 2022; 40:263-282. [PMID: 34898973 PMCID: PMC8646933 DOI: 10.1111/coep.12557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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This article studies the impact of disease epidemics on the worldwide prevalence of the shadow or the underground economy. The informal sector has low entry barriers and provides an easy short-term option for the supply of goods and services during epidemics when traditional supply lines are cut or strained. Furthermore, the enforcement resources might be directed elsewhere during epidemics, lowering the expected costs of shadow operations. Using data for over 125 nations, we find that the incidence of epidemics positively and significantly contributes to the spread of the underground sector. These findings withstand a series of robustness checks.
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- Aziz N. Berdiev
- Department of EconomicsBryant UniversitySmithfieldRhode IslandUSA
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- Department of EconomicsIllinois State UniversityNormalIllinoisUSA
- Innovation and International Competition, Kiel Institute for the World EconomyKielGermany
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- Department of EconomicsEastern Michigan UniversityYpsilantiMichiganUSA
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Nurdin N, Siregar YI, Mubarak M, Wijayantono W. Environmental Factors linked to the Presence of Aedes aegypti Larvae and the Prevalence of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. Open Access Maced J Med Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2022.8533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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This study aims to examine the effect of climate and the presence of Aedes aegypti larvae on the prevalence of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) in Bukittinggi. In particular, the study was conducted in order to reduce the prevalence of DHF through vector control (Aedes aegypti) guided by the mosquito larvae free rate by proposing a model for environmental management in an Aedes aegypti larva-free area in Bukittinggi. Rainfall, air temperature, and humidity in 2015-2019 in Bukittinggi were measured to analyze their effect on the prevalence of dengue fever. Samples of data on the prevalence of dengue cases were carried out in total population against data on the prevalence of dengue cases, which amounted to 686 cases, and data on mosquito larvae free rates during 2015-2019. By using Pearson correlation analysis, the results show that the average air temperature in Bukittinggi over the last 5 years allows mosquitoes to survive because they have an average air temperature that functions as an optimum breeding vector. High rainfall can be expected to increase the breeding places of the Aedes aegypti so that the population will increase also has an impact on increasing cases in that month and several months later. Furthermore, the results confirm that there is no significant relationship and also no correlation between physical environmental factors, such as air temperature, humidity, and rainfall with the prevalence of dengue cases in Bukittinggi during the 2015-2019 period. Based on the pattern of distribution of DHF cases in Bukittinggi during the 2015-2019 period, controlling the prevalence of DHF cases needs to focus on activities in areas/villages that are endemic for DHF, without neglecting areas/villages where the prevalence of DHF cases is low, both at the temperature of the air and the mosquitoes will cause dengue fever experience optimal development, low, medium, and high rainfall, as well as in humidity where mosquitoes will experience ideal development.
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Reguzova A, Fischer N, Müller M, Salomon F, Jaenisch T, Amann R. A Novel Orf Virus D1701-VrV-Based Dengue Virus (DENV) Vaccine Candidate Expressing HLA-Specific T Cell Epitopes: A Proof-of-Concept Study. Biomedicines 2021; 9:biomedicines9121862. [PMID: 34944678 PMCID: PMC8698572 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9121862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Although dengue virus (DENV) affects almost half of the world’s population there are neither preventive treatments nor any long-lasting and protective vaccines available at this time. The complexity of the protective immune response to DENV is still not fully understood. The most advanced vaccine candidates focus specifically on humoral immune responses and the production of virus-neutralizing antibodies. However, results from several recent studies have revealed the protective role of T cells in the immune response to DENV. Hence, in this study, we generated a novel and potent DENV vaccine candidate based on an Orf virus (ORFV, genus Parapoxvirus) vector platform engineered to encode five highly conserved or cross-reactive DENV human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A*02- or HLA-B*07-restricted epitopes as minigenes (ORFV-DENV). We showed that ORFV-DENV facilitates the in vitro priming of CD8+ T cells from healthy blood donors based on responses to each of the encoded immunogenic peptides. Moreover, we demonstrated that peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated from clinically confirmed DENV-positive donors stimulated with ORFV-DENV generate cytotoxic T cell responses to at least three of the expressed DENV peptides. Finally, we showed that ORFV-DENV could activate CD8+ T cells isolated from donors who had recovered from Zika virus (ZIKV) infection. ZIKV belongs to the same virus family (Flaviviridae) and has epitope sequences that are homologous to those of DENV. We found that highly conserved HLA-B*07-restricted ZIKV and DENV epitopes induced functional CD8+ T cell responses in PBMCs isolated from confirmed ZIKV-positive donors. In summary, this proof-of-concept study characterizes a promising new ORFV D1701-VrV-based DENV vaccine candidate that induces broad and functional epitope-specific CD8+ T cell responses.
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- Alena Reguzova
- Department of Immunology, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; (A.R.); (M.M.); (F.S.)
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH) & Tropical Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; (N.F.); (T.J.)
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- Department of Immunology, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; (A.R.); (M.M.); (F.S.)
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- Department of Immunology, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; (A.R.); (M.M.); (F.S.)
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH) & Tropical Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; (N.F.); (T.J.)
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- Department of Immunology, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; (A.R.); (M.M.); (F.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-707-1298-7614
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España G, Leidner AJ, Waterman SH, Perkins TA. Cost-effectiveness of dengue vaccination in Puerto Rico. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2021; 15:e0009606. [PMID: 34310614 PMCID: PMC8341694 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Revised: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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An effective and widely used vaccine could reduce the burden of dengue virus (DENV) around the world. DENV is endemic in Puerto Rico, where the dengue vaccine CYD-TDV is currently under consideration as a control measure. CYD-TDV has demonstrated efficacy in clinical trials in vaccinees who had prior dengue virus infection. However, in vaccinees who had no prior dengue virus infection, the vaccine had a modestly elevated risk of hospitalization and severe disease. The WHO therefore recommended a strategy of pre-vaccination screening and vaccination of seropositive persons. To estimate the cost-effectiveness and benefits of this intervention (i.e., screening and vaccination of seropositive persons) in Puerto Rico, we simulated 10 years of the intervention in 9-year-olds using an agent-based model. Across the entire population, we found that 5.5% (4.6%-6.3%) of dengue hospitalizations could be averted. However, we also found that 0.057 (0.045-0.073) additional hospitalizations could occur for every 1,000 people in Puerto Rico due to DENV-naïve children who were vaccinated following a false-positive test results for prior exposure. The ratio of the averted hospitalizations among all vaccinees to additional hospitalizations among DENV-naïve vaccinees was estimated to be 19 (13-24). At a base case cost of vaccination of 382 USD, we found an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of 122,000 USD per QALY gained. Our estimates can provide information for considerations to introduce the CYD-TDV vaccine in Puerto Rico.
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- Guido España
- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America
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- Immunization Services Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Dengue Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America
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- University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America
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Wilastonegoro NN, Kharisma DD, Laksono IS, Halasa-Rappel YA, Brady OJ, Shepard DS. Cost of Dengue Illness in Indonesia across Hospital, Ambulatory, and not Medically Attended Settings. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2021; 103:2029-2039. [PMID: 32901596 PMCID: PMC7646801 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Informed decisions concerning emerging technologies against dengue require knowledge about the disease’s economic cost and each stakeholder’s potential benefits from better control. To generate such data for Indonesia, we reviewed recent literature, analyzed expenditure and utilization data from two hospitals and two primary care facilities in Yogyakarta city, and interviewed 67 dengue patients from hospital, ambulatory, and not medically attended settings. We derived the cost of a dengue episode by outcome, setting, and the breakdown by payer. We then calculated aggregate Yogyakarta and national costs and 95% uncertainty intervals (95% UIs). Dengue costs per nonfatal case in hospital, ambulatory, not medically attended, and overall average settings were US$316.24 (95% UI: $242.30–$390.18), US$22.45 (95% UI: $14.12–$30.77), US$7.48 (95% UI: $2.36–$12.60), and US$50.41 (95% UI: $35.75–$65.07), respectively. Costs of nonfatal episodes were borne by the patient’s household (37%), social contributors (relatives and friends, 20%), national health insurance (25%), and other sources (government, charity, and private insurance, 18%). After including fatal cases, the average cost per episode became $90.41 (95% UI: $72.79–$112.35). Indonesia had an estimated 7.535 (95% UI: 1.319–16.513) million dengue episodes in 2017, giving national aggregate costs of $681.26 (95% UI: $232.28–$2,371.56) million. Unlike most previous research that examined only the formal medical sector, this study included the estimated 63% of national dengue episodes that were not medically attended. Also, this study used actual costs, rather than charges, which generally understate dengue’s economic burden in public facilities. Overall, this study found that Indonesia’s aggregate cost of dengue was 73% higher than previously estimated, strengthening the need for effective control.
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- Nandyan N Wilastonegoro
- Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Heller School for Social Management and Policy, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
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- Pediatrics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Dr. Sardjito General Hospital, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Heller School for Social Management and Policy, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
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- Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.,Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Heller School for Social Management and Policy, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
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Soh S, Ho SH, Seah A, Ong J, Dickens BS, Tan KW, Koo JR, Cook AR, Tan KB, Sim S, Ng LC, Lim JT. Economic impact of dengue in Singapore from 2010 to 2020 and the cost-effectiveness of Wolbachia interventions. PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 1:e0000024. [PMID: 36962069 PMCID: PMC10021432 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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The release of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes is a promising disease intervention strategy that aims to control dengue and other arboviral infections. While early field trials and modelling studies suggest promising epidemiological and entomological outcomes, the overall cost effectiveness of the technology is not well studied in a resource rich setting nor under the suppression approach that aims to suppress the wild-type mosquito population through the release of Wolbachia-infected males. We used economical and epidemiological data from 2010 to 2020 to first ascertain the economic and health costs of dengue in Singapore, a high income nation where dengue is hyper-endemic. The hypothetical cost effectiveness of a national Wolbachia suppression program was then evaluated historically from 2010 to 2020. We estimated that the average economic impact of dengue in Singapore from 2010 to 2020 in constant 2010US$ ranged from $1.014 to $2.265 Billion. Using empirically derived disability weights, we estimated a disease burden of 7,645-21,262 DALYs from 2010-2020. Under an assumed steady-state running cost of a national Wolbachia suppression program in Singapore, we conservatively estimate that Wolbachia would cost an estimated $50,453-$100,907 per DALYs averted and would lead to an estimated $329.40 Million saved in economic costs over 2010 to 2020 under 40% intervention efficacy. Wolbachia releases in Singapore are expected to be highly cost-effective and its rollout must be prioritised to reduce the onward spread of dengue.
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- Stacy Soh
- Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore, Singapore
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- Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore, Singapore
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- Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore, Singapore
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- Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore, Singapore
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore, Singapore
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- Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore, Singapore
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore, Singapore
- Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Akbar NA, Assiri AM, Shabouni OI, Alwafi OM, Al-Raddadi R, H. Alzahrani M, Azhar EI, Amir A, Aljiffri AM, Althaqafi AO. The economic burden of dengue fever in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020; 14:e0008847. [PMID: 33253181 PMCID: PMC7728199 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Rapid urbanization, global trade, and the exceptionally great numbers of worldwide visitors during Hajj and Umrah have all placed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at a significant risk of introducing several vector-borne tropical diseases, such as dengue fever virus (DENV) infection. In this study we estimated DENV infection cost of illness (COI) in Saudi Arabia in the period 2013–2017, by processing national data including all declared cases recorded in referral centers in the western region, being the endemic region of the country. Using a statistically validated predictive model that was built on a representative sample of 717 laboratory-confirmed cases of DENV infection, direct costs, due to care-related expenditures, were estimated by applying the predictive equation to national data. However, indirect costs, which are due to productivity loss, were estimated using the human capital model based on gross domestic product adjusted for invalidity duration. Further, under-reporting was adjusted by using an expansion factor EF = 3. We observed highest estimated costs in 2016 with over US$168.5 Million total costs, including direct (US$29.0 Million) and indirect (US$139.5 Million) costs, for a total 4415 confirmed cases. The total DENV COI for the five years was estimated as US$551.0 Million for a total 15,369 patients (59.7%) out of 25,745 declared cases, resulting in an average cost of US$11 947.6 by patient. Depending on the year, productivity years loss costs accounted for 63.3% to 83.8% of the estimated total costs. Dengue has a substantial local economic burden that costs US$110.2 Million per year, stressing the urgent need for an effective national prevention strategy to perform considerable cost-savings besides reducing morbidity. The global incidence of DENV infection has evidenced a dramatic increase in the recent two decades with a great number of cases that are misclassified or underreported. These epidemiological characteristics generate high economic costs, especially in endemic regions and countries such as Saudi Arabia. This two-phase study aimed at providing economic data that helps political efficiency and resource prioritization for dengue prevention programs, by assessing the economic burden of disease over the last five years 2013–2017. A double-method used to estimate direct costs due to care expenses and indirect costs due to productivity loss, by using a predictive and an economic model, respectively. Assuming an expansion factor of 3 to correct under-reporting, the average estimated costs of dengue illness per year in the current study was US$117.87 million. Comparison of these findings with international reports emphasized the substantial disease burden of dengue fever in Saudi Arabia. Despite some limitations, this study provided the first economic data of dengue fever infection burden in Saudi Arabia.
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- Naeema A. Akbar
- Preventive medicine, Public Health MOH, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Preventive medicine department, Public Health MOH, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Medicine, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center & Medical Laboratory Technology Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Chief Medical Officer, International Medical center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Infection Control Consultant, King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical city- Jeddah, King Saud bin Abdulaziz university for Health Sciences, King Abdullah Medical center, Saudi Arabia
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Luo S, Tsang KP. CHINA AND WORLD OUTPUT IMPACT OF THE HUBEI LOCKDOWN DURING THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK. CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC POLICY 2020; 38:583-592. [PMID: 32837176 PMCID: PMC7267563 DOI: 10.1111/coep.12482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Using a network approach, we estimate the output loss due to the lockdown of the Hubei province triggered by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Based on our most conservative estimate, China suffers about 4% loss of output from labor loss, and global output drops by 1% per period due to the economic contraction in China. About 40% of the impact is indirect, coming from spillovers through the supply chain inside and outside China. (JEL E23, E24, F62).
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Udayanga L, Gunathilaka N, Iqbal MCM, Abeyewickreme W. Climate change induced vulnerability and adaption for dengue incidence in Colombo and Kandy districts: the detailed investigation in Sri Lanka. Infect Dis Poverty 2020; 9:102. [PMID: 32703273 PMCID: PMC7376859 DOI: 10.1186/s40249-020-00717-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background Assessing the vulnerability of an infectious disease such as dengue among endemic population is an important requirement to design proactive programmes in order to improve resilience capacity of vulnerable communities. The current study aimed to evaluate the climate change induced socio-economic vulnerability of local communities to dengue in Colombo and Kandy districts of Sri Lanka. Methods A total of 42 variables (entomological, epidemiological, meteorological parameters, land-use practices and socio-demographic data) of all the 38 Medical Officer of Health (MOH) areas in the districts of Colombo and Kandy were considered as candidate variables for a composite index based vulnerability assessment. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used in selecting and setting the weight for each indicator. Exposure, Sensitivity, Adaptive Capacity and Vulnerability of all MOH areas for dengue were calculated using the composite index approach recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Results Out of 42 candidate variables, only 23 parameters (Exposure Index: six variables; Sensitivity Index: 11 variables; Adaptive Capacity Index: six variables) were selected as indicators to assess climate change vulnerability to dengue. Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) MOH area denoted the highest values for exposure (0.89: exceptionally high exposure), sensitivity (0.86: exceptionally high sensitivity) in Colombo, while Kandy Municipal Council (KMC) area reported the highest exposure (0.79: high exposure) and sensitivity (0.77: high sensitivity) in Kandy. Piliyandala MOH area denoted the highest level of adaptive capacity (0.66) in Colombo followed by Menikhinna (0.68) in Kandy. The highest vulnerability (0.45: moderate vulnerability) to dengue was indicated from CMC and the lowest indicated from Galaha MOH (0.15; very low vulnerability) in Kandy. Interestingly the KMC MOH area had a notable vulnerability of 0.41 (moderate vulnerability), which was the highest within Kandy. Conclusions In general, vulnerability for dengue was relatively higher within the MOH areas of Colombo, than in Kandy, suggesting a higher degree of potential susceptibility to dengue within and among local communities of Colombo. Vector Controlling Entities are recommended to consider the spatial variations in vulnerability of local communities to dengue for decision making, especially in allocation of limited financial, human and mechanical resources for dengue epidemic management.
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- Lahiru Udayanga
- Department of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture & Plantation Management, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Makadura, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka.
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- Plant and Environmental Sciences, National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Sir John Kotelawala Defense University, Rathmalana, Sri Lanka
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Jeffrey Gutiérrez EH, Walker KR, Ernst KC, Riehle MA, Davidowitz G. Size as a Proxy for Survival in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquitoes. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2020; 57:1228-1238. [PMID: 32266939 PMCID: PMC7768678 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjaa055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the primary vector of dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, and Zika viruses. Infection with the dengue virus alone occurs in an estimated 400 million people each year. Likelihood of infection with a virus transmitted by Ae. aegypti is most commonly attributed to abundance of the mosquito. However, the Arizona-Sonora desert region has abundant Ae. aegypti in most urban areas, yet local transmission of these arboviruses has not been reported in many of these cities. Previous work examined the role of differential Ae. aegypti longevity as a potential explanation for these discrepancies in transmission. To determine factors that were associated with Ae. aegypti longevity in the region, we collected eggs from ovitraps in Tucson, AZ and reared them under multiple experimental conditions in the laboratory to examine the relative impact of temperature and crowding during development, body size, fecundity, and relative humidity during the adult stage. Of the variables studied, we found that the combination of temperature during development, relative humidity, and body size produced the best model to explain variation in age at death. El mosquito Aedes aegypti es el vector primario de los virus de dengue, fiebre amarilla, chikungunya y Zika. Solamente las infecciones con los virus de dengue ocurren en aproximadamente 400 millones de personas cada año. La probabilidad de infección con un virus transmitido por Ae. aegypti es frecuentemente atribuido a la abundancia del mosquito. No obstante, la región del desierto de Arizona-Sonora tiene una abundancia de Ae. aegypti en la mayoría de las áreas urbanas, pero la transmisión local de estos arbovirus no ha sido reportada en muchas de estas ciudades. Trabajos previos han examinado el rol de las diferencias de longevidad en Ae. aegypti como explicación potencial por estas discrepancias en la transmisión. Para determinar que factores fueron asociados con longevidad en Ae. aegypti en la región, colectamos huevos de ovitrampas en Tucson, Arizona y los criamos debajo de múltiples condiciones experimentales en el laboratorio para examinar el impacto relativo de temperatura y competencia para nutrición durante desarrollo, tamaño del cuerpo, capacidad reproductiva, y humedad relativa durante adultez. De las variables estudiados, encontramos que la combinación de temperatura durante desarrollo, humedad relativa, y tamaño del cuerpo produjo el mejor modelo para explicar variación en edad al tiempo de la muerte.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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Thompson R, Martin Del Campo J, Constenla D. A review of the economic evidence of Aedes-borne arboviruses and Aedes-borne arboviral disease prevention and control strategies. Expert Rev Vaccines 2020; 19:143-162. [PMID: 32077343 DOI: 10.1080/14760584.2020.1733419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Introduction: Aedes-borne arboviruses contributes substantially to the disease and cost burden.Areas covered: We performed a systematic review of the economic evidence surrounding aedes-borne arboviruses and strategies to prevent and control these diseases to inform disease control policy decisions and research directions. We searched four databases covering an 18-year period (2000-2018) to identify arboviral disease-related cost of illness studies, cost studies of vector control and prevention strategies, cost-effectiveness analyses and cost-benefit analyses. We identified 74 published studies that revealed substantial global total costs in yellow fever virus and dengue virus ranging from 2.1 to 57.3 billion USD. Cost studies of vector control and surveillance programs are limited, but a few studies found that costs of vector control programs ranged from 5.62 to 73.5 million USD. Cost-effectiveness evidence was limited across Aedes-borne diseases, but generally found targeted dengue vaccination programs cost-effective. This review revealed insufficient economic evidence for vaccine introduction and implementation of surveillance and vector control programs.Expert opinion: Evidence of the economic burden of aedes-borne arboviruses and the economic impact of strategies for arboviral disease prevention and control is critical to inform policy decisions and to secure continued financial support for these preventive and control measures.
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- Ryan Thompson
- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHBSPH), International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC), Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHBSPH), International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC), Baltimore, MD, USA
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O'Reilly KM, Hendrickx E, Kharisma DD, Wilastonegoro NN, Carrington LB, Elyazar IRF, Kucharski AJ, Lowe R, Flasche S, Pigott DM, Reiner RC, Edmunds WJ, Hay SI, Yakob L, Shepard DS, Brady OJ. Estimating the burden of dengue and the impact of release of wMel Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in Indonesia: a modelling study. BMC Med 2019; 17:172. [PMID: 31495336 PMCID: PMC6732838 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-019-1396-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes reduce dengue virus transmission, and city-wide releases in Yogyakarta city, Indonesia, are showing promising entomological results. Accurate estimates of the burden of dengue, its spatial distribution and the potential impact of Wolbachia are critical in guiding funder and government decisions on its future wider use. METHODS Here, we combine multiple modelling methods for burden estimation to predict national case burden disaggregated by severity and map the distribution of burden across the country using three separate data sources. An ensemble of transmission models then predicts the estimated reduction in dengue transmission following a nationwide roll-out of wMel Wolbachia. RESULTS We estimate that 7.8 million (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 1.8-17.7 million) symptomatic dengue cases occurred in Indonesia in 2015 and were associated with 332,865 (UI 94,175-754,203) lost disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). The majority of dengue's burden was due to non-severe cases that did not seek treatment or were challenging to diagnose in outpatient settings leading to substantial underreporting. Estimated burden was highly concentrated in a small number of large cities with 90% of dengue cases occurring in 15.3% of land area. Implementing a nationwide Wolbachia population replacement programme was estimated to avert 86.2% (UI 36.2-99.9%) of cases over a long-term average. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest interventions targeted to the highest burden cities can have a disproportionate impact on dengue burden. Area-wide interventions, such as Wolbachia, that are deployed based on the area covered could protect people more efficiently than individual-based interventions, such as vaccines, in such dense environments.
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- Kathleen M O'Reilly
- Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.,Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.,Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Asia-Africa Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.,Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Eijkman Oxford Clinical Research Unit, Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.,Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.,Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.,Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Health Metrics Sciences, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Health Metrics Sciences, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.,Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Department of Health Metrics Sciences, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.,Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
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- Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. .,Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
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Feldstein LR, Ellis EM, Rowhani-Rahbar A, Hennessey MJ, Staples JE, Halloran ME, Weaver MR. Estimating the cost of illness and burden of disease associated with the 2014-2015 chikungunya outbreak in the U.S. Virgin Islands. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019; 13:e0007563. [PMID: 31323020 PMCID: PMC6668848 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 06/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an alphavirus that causes fever and severe polyarthralgia, swept through the Americas in 2014 with almost 2 million suspected or confirmed cases reported by April 2016. In this study, we estimate the direct medical costs, cost of lost wages due to absenteeism, and years lived with disability (YLD) associated with the 2014–2015 CHIKV outbreak in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). For this analysis, we used surveillance data from the USVI Department of Health, medical cost data from three public hospitals in USVI, and data from two studies of laboratory-positive cases up to 12 months post illness. On average, employed case-patients missed 9 days of work in the 12 months following their disease onset, which resulted in an estimated cost of $15.5 million. Estimated direct healthcare costs were $2.9 million for the first 2 months and $0.6 million for 3–12 months following the outbreak. The total estimated cost associated with the outbreak ranged from $14.8 to $33.4 million (approximately 1% of gross domestic product), depending on the proportion of the population infected with symptomatic disease, degree of underreporting, and proportion of cases who were employed. The estimated YLDs associated with long-term sequelae from the CHIKV outbreak in the USVI ranged from 599–1,322. These findings highlight the significant economic burden of the recent CHIKV outbreak in the USVI and will aid policy-makers in making informed decisions about prevention and control measures for inevitable, future CHIKV outbreaks. Chikungunya, a virus carried and transmitted by mosquitoes, causes fever, headache, and severe joint pain in humans that often resolves within 7–10 days. However, a proportion of cases, up to 79% in some outbreaks, report persistent joint pain and chronic inflammatory rheumatism, resulting in decreased quality of life for months to years following initial infection. In 2014, chikungunya virus swept through the Americas, resulting in almost 2 million suspected or confirmed cases reported by April 2016. Previous studies have noted the large resource burden from chikungunya outbreaks, including high healthcare costs, lost wages due to absenteeism, and decreased quality of life for months following infection. Our work aimed to estimate the direct medical costs, cost of lost productivity due to absenteeism, and years lived with disability associated with the chikungunya outbreak in the U.S. Virgin Islands. This information may aid policy-makers in making informed decisions about prevention and control measures for inevitable, future chikungunya outbreaks.
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- Leora R. Feldstein
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Health, Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Center for Inference and Dynamics of Infectious Diseases, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Departments of Health Metrics Sciences and Global Health, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Nguyen NM, Duong BT, Azam M, Phuong TT, Park H, Thuy PTB, Yeo SJ. Diagnostic Performance of Dengue Virus Envelope Domain III in Acute Dengue Infection. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20143464. [PMID: 31311082 PMCID: PMC6679088 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20143464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Revised: 07/05/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Dengue, one of the most prevalent illnesses caused by dengue viruses that are members of the genus Flavivirus, is a significant global health problem. However, similar clinical symptoms and high antigenic homologies with other Flaviviruses in the endemic area pose difficulties for differential diagnosis of dengue from other arbovirus infections. Here, we investigated four types of recombinant envelope protein domain III (DV-rED III) derived from four dengue virus (DENV) serotypes for diagnostic potential in detecting IgM in acute phase (mainly 2–3 days after onset of fever). Each independent DV-1, -3, and -4-rED III-ELISA showed less than 60% sensitivity, but the combined results of DV-1, -3, and -4-rED III-ELISA led to sensitivity of 81.82% (18/22) (95% CI, 59.72 to 94.81) and 100% specificity (46/46) (95% CI, 92.29 to 100.00) as each antigen compensated the other antigen-derived negative result. In conclusion, the independent combination of data derived from each recombinant antigen (DV1-, DV3-, and DV4-rED III) showed comparable efficacy for the detection of IgM in patients with acute-phase dengue infection.
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- Ngoc Minh Nguyen
- Zoonosis Research Center, Department of Infection Biology, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan 570-749, Korea
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- Zoonosis Research Center, Department of Infection Biology, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan 570-749, Korea
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- Zoonosis Research Center, Department of Infection Biology, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan 570-749, Korea
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- Zoonosis Research Center, Department of Infection Biology, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan 570-749, Korea
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- Department of Research of Biomolecular for Infectious Disease, National Children's Hospital, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam.
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- Zoonosis Research Center, Department of Infection Biology, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan 570-749, Korea.
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Machado AAV, Negrão FJ, Croda J, de Medeiros ES, Pires MADS. Safety and costs of blood transfusion practices in dengue cases in Brazil. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0219287. [PMID: 31283788 PMCID: PMC6613682 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background Dengue is a public health problem, and noncompliance with World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for blood transfusion components is frequently reported. Moreover, economic impact studies of the WHO recommendations on the use of blood transfusion are scarce. Methods We compared the cost and hospitalization time in a prospective observational study, by following hospitalised patients and analysing their medical records from 2010 and March 2016 to December 2017. We divided the patients into two groups: transfused (with or without WHO criteria for transfusion) and not transfused (with or without WHO criteria for transfusion). Generalised linear modelling was performed to identify the variable that could increase the costs and hospital stay. Results Among 323 patients, 52 were transfused, of whom 52% without criteria (n = 27), and 271 were not transfused, of which 4.4% (n = 12) with criteria. Hospitalisation costs were 41% higher in the transfused group without criteria than in those with criteria (median US$ 674.3 vs US$ 478 p = 0.293). Patients who were not transfused but met the WHO criteria for transfusion (n = 12) had longer mean hospitalisation time than did those who were not transfused (3.8±3.4 days versus 3.6±3.1 days; p = 0.022). The GLM analysis using hospital stay and costs as the dependent variable explained approximately 33.4% (R2 = 0.334) of the hospitalisation time and 79.3% (R2 = 0.793) of costs. Receiving a transfusion increased the hospitalization time by 1.29 days (p = 0.0007; IRR = 1.29), and the costs were 5.1 times higher than those without receiving blood components (IRR = 5.1; p< 0.001; median US$ 504.4 vs US$ 170.7). In contrast, patients who were transfused according to WHO criteria had a reduction in costs of approximately 96% (IRR = 0.044; p<0.001; β = -3.12) compared to that for those who were not transfused according to WHO criteria (without criteria). Conclusion Transfusion without following WHO recommendations increased the time and cost of hospitalisation.
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- Health Sciences College, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- Universitary Hospital of Federal University of Grande Dourados, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- * E-mail: (FJN); (AAVM)
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- School of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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- Faculty of Exact Sciences and Technology, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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- Health Sciences College, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
- Universitary Hospital of Federal University of Grande Dourados, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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Laserna A, Barahona-Correa J, Baquero L, Castañeda-Cardona C, Rosselli D. Economic impact of dengue fever in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review. Rev Panam Salud Publica 2019; 42:e111. [PMID: 31093139 PMCID: PMC6386068 DOI: 10.26633/rpsp.2018.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Objectives To assess the economic impact of dengue in Latin America and the Caribbean using a systematic review that includes studies not previously considered by other reviews. Methods Cochrane methodology was used to conduct a systematic review of the cost of dengue in Latin America. PubMed Central, EMBASE, and the Biblioteca Virtual en Salud—which includes scientific, peer-reviewed journals not indexed by other databases—were searched from inception through August 2016. All articles that reported cost of illness data for countries in Latin America were included. Included studies underwent a methodological appraisal using a seven-question instrument designed for cost of illness studies. Extracted data were direct and indirect costs for outpatient and hospitalized cases and total cost of the disease. Values were adjusted to 2015 US dollars using the consumer price index. Results From a total of 848 initial references, 17 studies were included, mainly from Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, and Puerto Rico; costs were available for 39 countries. The methodological appraisal showed that 70% of the studies met more than 70% of the evaluated items. The main economic impact of dengue was due to productivity costs. Average annual cost was more than US$ 3 billion. Direct costs represented over 70% of the total share for hospitalized cases. For outpatients, direct medical costs were low, but social costs were significant since indirect costs may account for up to 80% of the total cost. Conclusions Dengue fever has a significant economic impact in Latin America. It is essential to develop new public health interventions, such as dengue vaccination, to decrease the propagation of the disease and its total cost.
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- Andrés Laserna
- School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, School of Medicine, Bogotá, Colombia
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- School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, School of Medicine, Bogotá, Colombia
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- School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, School of Medicine, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Medical School, Bogotá, Colombia
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Godói IP, Da Silva LVD, Sarker AR, Megiddo I, Morton A, Godman B, Alvarez-Madrazo S, Bennie M, Guerra-Junior AA. Economic and epidemiological impact of dengue illness over 16 years from a public health system perspective in Brazil to inform future health policies including the adoption of a dengue vaccine. Expert Rev Vaccines 2019; 17:1123-1133. [PMID: 30417706 DOI: 10.1080/14760584.2018.1546581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Dengue is a serious global health problem endemic in Brazil. Consequently, our aim was to measure the costs and disease burden of symptomatic dengue infections in Brazil from the perspective of the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS) between 2000 and 2015, using Brazilian public health system databases. Specific age group incidence estimates were used to calculate the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) to gain a better understanding of the disease burden. Areas covered: SUS spent almost USD159 million and USD10 million to treat dengue and severe dengue, respectively, between 2000 and 2015. This is principally hospitalization costs, with the majority of patients self-treated at home with minor symptoms. The average notification rate for dengue was 273 per 100,000 inhabitants and three per 100,000 for severe dengue, with annual DALYs estimates ranging between 72.35 and 6,824.45 during the 16 years. Expert commentary: The epidemiological and morbidity burden associated with dengue is substantial in Brazil, with costs affected by the fact that most patients self-treat at home with these costs not included in SUS. The Brazilian government urgently needs to proactively evaluate the real costs and clinical benefits of any potential dengue vaccination program by the National Immunization Program to guide future decision-making.
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- Isabella Piassi Godói
- a Programa de Pós-graduação em Medicamentos e Assistência Farmacêutica, Faculdade de Farmácia , Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais , Belo Horizonte , Brazil.,b SUS Collaborating Centre for Technology Assessment and Excellence in Health, Faculdade de Farmácia , Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais , Belo Horizonte , Brazil.,c Institute of Health and Biological Studies - Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará , Avenida dos Ipês, s/n , Cidade Universitária , Cidade Jardim , Marabá, Pará , Brazil
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- c Institute of Health and Biological Studies - Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará , Avenida dos Ipês, s/n , Cidade Universitária , Cidade Jardim , Marabá, Pará , Brazil.,d Programa Interunidades de Pós Graduação em Bioinformática , Instituto de Ciências Biológicas , Belo Horizonte , Brazil
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- e Health Economics and Financing Research, Health Systems & Population Studies Division , icddr, b , Dhaka , Bangladesh.,f Department of Management Science , University of Strathclyde , Glasgow , UK
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- f Department of Management Science , University of Strathclyde , Glasgow , UK.,g Economics & Policy , The Center for Disease Dynamics , Washington , DC , USA
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- f Department of Management Science , University of Strathclyde , Glasgow , UK
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- h Department of Pharmacoepidemiology , Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Strathclyde University , Glasgow , UK.,i Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute , Karolinska University Hospital , Stockholm , Sweden.,j Health Economics Centre , Liverpool University Management School , Liverpool , UK.,k School of Pharmacy, Department of Public Health and Pharmacy Management , Sefako Health Sciences University , Pretoria , South Africa
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- h Department of Pharmacoepidemiology , Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Strathclyde University , Glasgow , UK.,l Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research , University of Strathclyde, Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences , Glasgow , UK
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- h Department of Pharmacoepidemiology , Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Strathclyde University , Glasgow , UK
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- a Programa de Pós-graduação em Medicamentos e Assistência Farmacêutica, Faculdade de Farmácia , Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais , Belo Horizonte , Brazil.,b SUS Collaborating Centre for Technology Assessment and Excellence in Health, Faculdade de Farmácia , Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais , Belo Horizonte , Brazil
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Nadjib M, Setiawan E, Putri S, Nealon J, Beucher S, Hadinegoro SR, Permanasari VY, Sari K, Wahyono TYM, Kristin E, Wirawan DN, Thabrany H. Economic burden of dengue in Indonesia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2019; 13:e0007038. [PMID: 30629593 PMCID: PMC6343936 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Revised: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background Dengue is associated with significant economic expenditure and it is estimated that the Asia Pacific region accounts for >50% of the global cost. Indonesia has one of the world’s highest dengue burdens; Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are the primary and secondary vectors. In the absence of local data on disease cost, this study estimated the annual economic burden during 2015 of both hospitalized and ambulatory dengue cases in Indonesia. Methods Total 2015 dengue costs were calculated using both prospective and retrospective methods using data from public and private hospitals and health centres in three provinces: Yogyakarta, Bali and Jakarta. Direct costs were extracted from billing systems and claims; a patient survey captured indirect and out-of-pocket costs at discharge and 2 weeks later. Adjustments across sites based on similar clinical practices and healthcare landscapes were performed to fill gaps in cost estimates. The national burden of dengue was extrapolated from provincial data using data from the three sites and applying an empirically-derived epidemiological expansion factor. Results Total direct and indirect costs per dengue case assessed at Yogyakarta, Bali and Jakarta were US$791, US$1,241 and US$1,250, respectively. Total 2015 economic burden of dengue in Indonesia was estimated at US$381.15 million which comprised US$355.2 million for hospitalized and US$26.2 million for ambulatory care cases. Conclusion Dengue imposes a substantial economic burden for Indonesian public payers and society. Complemented with an appropriate weighting method and by accounting for local specificities and practices, these data may support national level public health decision making for prevention/control of dengue in public health priority lists. Dengue, an infection transmitted by mosquitos, is a public health concern particularly in tropical/subtropical areas and the Asia Pacific region where it is associated with a significant cost to society. Indonesia has one of the world’s highest dengue burdens but Indonesia-specific data on cost are lacking. To estimate the annual economic burden of dengue in Indonesia, this study collected data from public/private hospitals and health centres in three provinces (Yogyakarta, Bali and Jakarta) during 2015. We estimated cost of illness using the societal perspective: calculations of costs included those that were directly paid by the healthcare system, as well as costs incurred by the patients (or their family/care givers) and their lost productivity. The costs from the three provinces were then used as the basis for extrapolating cost of illness in Indonesia. The authors confirmed that dengue imposed a substantial economic burden for Indonesian public payers and society. Based on 2015 data, the authors estimated total economic burden of dengue in Indonesia at US$381.15 million. Of this, US$355.2 million related to patients treated in hospitals and US$26.2 million was for patients treated in health centres. Establishing a better understanding of the burden of dengue in Indonesia will help to guide public health decision-making at a national level and support prevention and control initiatives for this disease.
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- Mardiati Nadjib
- Health Policy and Administration Department, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
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- Centre for Health Economics and Policy Studies, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
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- Centre for Health Economics and Policy Studies, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Centre for Health Economics and Policy Studies, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
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- Centre for Health Economics and Policy Studies, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
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- Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
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- Department of Pharmacology & Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Centre for Health Economics and Policy Studies, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
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de Los Reyes V AA, Escaner JML. Dengue in the Philippines: model and analysis of parameters affecting transmission. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL DYNAMICS 2018; 12:894-912. [PMID: 30353774 DOI: 10.1080/17513758.2018.1535096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2017] [Accepted: 10/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Dengue is endemic in the Philippines and poses a substantial economic burden in the country. In this work, a compartmentalized model which includes healthcare-seeking class is developed. The reproduction number is determined to investigate critical parameters influencing transmission. Partial rank correlation coefficient (PRCC) technique is performed to address how the model output is affected by changes in a specific parameter disregarding the uncertainty over the rest of the parameters. Results show that mosquito biting rate, transmission probability from mosquito to human, respectively, from human to mosquito, and fraction of individuals who seek healthcare at the onset of the disease, posted high PRCC values. In order to obtain the values for the desired parameters, the reported dengue cases by morbidity week in the Philippines for the year 2014 and 2015 are used. The reliability of parameters is then verified via parametric bootstrap.
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- a Institute of Mathematics , University of the Philippines Diliman , Quezon City , Philippines
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Shankar MB, Rodríguez-Acosta RL, Sharp TM, Tomashek KM, Margolis HS, Meltzer MI. Estimating dengue under-reporting in Puerto Rico using a multiplier model. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2018; 12:e0006650. [PMID: 30080848 PMCID: PMC6095627 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2018] [Revised: 08/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral illness that causes a variety of health outcomes, from a mild acute febrile illness to potentially fatal severe dengue. Between 2005 and 2010, the annual number of suspected dengue cases reported to the Passive Dengue Surveillance System (PDSS) in Puerto Rico ranged from 2,346 in 2006 to 22,496 in 2010. Like other passive surveillance systems, PDSS is subject to under-reporting. To estimate the degree of under-reporting in Puerto Rico, we built separate inpatient and outpatient probability-based multiplier models, using data from two different surveillance systems—PDSS and the enhanced dengue surveillance system (EDSS). We adjusted reported cases to account for sensitivity of diagnostic tests, specimens with indeterminate results, and differences between PDSS and EDSS in numbers of reported dengue cases. In addition, for outpatients, we adjusted for the fact that less than 100% of medical providers submit diagnostic specimens from suspected cases. We estimated that a multiplication factor of between 5 (for 2010 data) to 9 (for 2006 data) must be used to correct for the under-reporting of the number of laboratory-positive dengue inpatients. Multiplication factors of between 21 (for 2010 data) to 115 (for 2008 data) must be used to correct for the under-reporting of laboratory-positive dengue outpatients. We also estimated that, after correcting for underreporting, the mean annual rate, for 2005–2010, of medically attended dengue in Puerto Rico to be between 2.1 (for dengue inpatients) to 7.8 (for dengue outpatients) per 1,000 population. These estimated rates compare to the reported rates of 0.4 (dengue outpatients) to 0.1 (dengue inpatients) per 1,000 population. The multipliers, while subject to limitations, will help public health officials correct for underreporting of dengue cases, and thus better evaluate the cost-and-benefits of possible interventions. The number of global cases of dengue has increased an estimated 30-fold from 1962 to 2012, and two-fifths of the world’s population are thought to be at risk for dengue. It has been recently estimated that the global incidence of dengue is between 50 and 100 million cases per year. These estimates of burden and impact are, however, are not considered very reliable. It has been previously established and reported that there is notable under-reporting of clinical cases of dengue, even those who sought medical treatment. This includes under-reporting of those hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed dengue. This lack of reliable estimates hampers efforts of public health officials in determining the of burden of disease and the costs-and-benefits of potential interventions. We estimated that multiplication factors ranging from 5 to 9 must be used to correct for under-reporting of laboratory-positive dengue inpatient cases reported to public health officials in Puerto Rico. Multiplication factors ranging from 21 to 115 must be used to correct for the underreporting of laboratory-positive dengue outpatients. Our results illustrate the need for, and thus potential benefits of, using our methodology to estimate the degree of under-reporting in passive dengue systems during epidemic and non-epidemic years.
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- Manjunath B. Shankar
- Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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- Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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Smith JL, Sheridan K, Parkins CJ, Frueh L, Jemison AL, Strode K, Dow G, Nilsen A, Hirsch AJ. Characterization and structure-activity relationship analysis of a class of antiviral compounds that directly bind dengue virus capsid protein and are incorporated into virions. Antiviral Res 2018; 155:12-19. [DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2018.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Revised: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Laureano-Rosario AE, Duncan AP, Mendez-Lazaro PA, Garcia-Rejon JE, Gomez-Carro S, Farfan-Ale J, Savic DA, Muller-Karger FE. Application of Artificial Neural Networks for Dengue Fever Outbreak Predictions in the Northwest Coast of Yucatan, Mexico and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Trop Med Infect Dis 2018; 3:tropicalmed3010005. [PMID: 30274404 PMCID: PMC6136605 DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed3010005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Revised: 12/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Modelling dengue fever in endemic areas is important to mitigate and improve vector-borne disease control to reduce outbreaks. This study applied artificial neural networks (ANNs) to predict dengue fever outbreak occurrences in San Juan, Puerto Rico (USA), and in several coastal municipalities of the state of Yucatan, Mexico, based on specific thresholds. The models were trained with 19 years of dengue fever data for Puerto Rico and six years for Mexico. Environmental and demographic data included in the predictive models were sea surface temperature (SST), precipitation, air temperature (i.e., minimum, maximum, and average), humidity, previous dengue cases, and population size. Two models were applied for each study area. One predicted dengue incidence rates based on population at risk (i.e., numbers of people younger than 24 years), and the other on the size of the vulnerable population (i.e., number of people younger than five years and older than 65 years). The predictive power was above 70% for all four model runs. The ANNs were able to successfully model dengue fever outbreak occurrences in both study areas. The variables with the most influence on predicting dengue fever outbreak occurrences for San Juan, Puerto Rico, included population size, previous dengue cases, maximum air temperature, and date. In Yucatan, Mexico, the most important variables were population size, previous dengue cases, minimum air temperature, and date. These models have predictive skills and should help dengue fever mitigation and management to aid specific population segments in the Caribbean region and around the Gulf of Mexico.
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- Abdiel E Laureano-Rosario
- Institute for Marine Remote Sensing, University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, 140 7th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
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- Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter, Harrison Building, North Park Road, Exeter EX4 4QF, UK.
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- Environmental Health Department, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, P.O. Box 365067, San Juan, PR 00936, USA.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Regionales, Lab de Arbovirologia, Unidad Inalámbrica, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Calle 43 No. 613 x Calle 90, Colonia Inalambrica, Merida C.P. 97069, Yucatan, Mexico.
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- Servicios de Salud de Yucatan, Hospital General Agustin O'Horan Unidad de Vigilancia Epidemiologica, Avenida Itzaes s/n Av. Jacinto Canek, Centro, Merida C.P. 97000, Yucatan, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Regionales, Lab de Arbovirologia, Unidad Inalámbrica, Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Calle 43 No. 613 x Calle 90, Colonia Inalambrica, Merida C.P. 97069, Yucatan, Mexico.
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- Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter, Harrison Building, North Park Road, Exeter EX4 4QF, UK.
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- Institute for Marine Remote Sensing, University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, 140 7th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
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Estep AS, Sanscrainte ND, Waits CM, Louton JE, Becnel JJ. Resistance Status and Resistance Mechanisms in a Strain of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) From Puerto Rico. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2017; 54:1643-1648. [PMID: 28981681 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjx143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Puerto Rico (PR) has a long history of vector-borne disease and insecticide-resistant Aedes aegypti (L.). Defining contributing mechanisms behind phenotypic resistance is critical for effective vector control intervention. However, previous studies from PR have each focused on only one mechanism of pyrethroid resistance. This study examines the contribution of P450-mediated enzymatic detoxification and sodium channel target site changes to the overall resistance phenotype of Ae. aegypti collected from San Juan, PR, in 2012. Screening of a panel of toxicants found broad resistance relative to the lab susceptible Orlando (ORL1952) strain. We identified significant resistance to representative Type I, Type II, and nonester pyrethroids, a sodium channel blocker, and a sodium channel blocking inhibitor, all of which interact with the sodium channel. Testing of fipronil, a chloride channel agonist, also showed low but significant levels of resistance. In contrast, the PR and ORL1952 strains were equally susceptible to chlorfenapyr, which has been suggested as an alternative public health insecticide. Molecular characterization of the strain indicated that two common sodium channel mutations were fixed in the population. Topical bioassay with piperonyl butoxide (PBO) indicated cytochrome P450-mediated detoxification accounts for approximately half of the resistance profile. Transcript expression screening of cytochrome P450s and glutathione-S-transferases identified the presence of overexpressed transcripts. This study of Puerto Rican Ae. aegypti with significant contributions from both genetic changes and enzymatic detoxification highlights the necessity of monitoring for resistance but also defining the multiple resistance mechanisms to inform effective mosquito control.
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- Alden S Estep
- Navy Entomology Center of Excellence, CMAVE Detachment, 1700 SW 23rd Drive, Gainesville, FL 32608
- Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, USDA-ARS, 1700 SW 23rd Drive, Gainesville, FL 32608
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- Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, USDA-ARS, 1700 SW 23rd Drive, Gainesville, FL 32608
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- Navy Entomology Center of Excellence, CMAVE Detachment, 1700 SW 23rd Drive, Gainesville, FL 32608
- Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, USDA-ARS, 1700 SW 23rd Drive, Gainesville, FL 32608
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- Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, USDA-ARS, 1700 SW 23rd Drive, Gainesville, FL 32608
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- Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, USDA-ARS, 1700 SW 23rd Drive, Gainesville, FL 32608
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El Fezzazi H, Branchu M, Carrasquilla G, Pitisuttithum P, Perroud AP, Frago C, Coudeville L. Resource Use and Costs of Dengue: Analysis of Data from Phase III Efficacy Studies of a Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 97:1898-1903. [PMID: 29141713 PMCID: PMC5805027 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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A tetravalent dengue vaccine (CYD-TDV) has recently been approved in 12 countries in southeast Asia and Latin America for individuals aged 9–45 years or 9–60 years (age indication approvals vary by country) living in endemic areas. Data on utilization of medical and nonmedical resources as well as time lost from school and work were collected during the active phase of two phase III efficacy studies performed in 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region and Latin America (NCT01373281; NCT01374516). We compared dengue-related resource utilization and costs among vaccinated and nonvaccinated participants. Country-specific unit costs were derived from available literature. There were 901 virologically confirmed dengue episodes among participants aged ≥ 9 years (N = 25,826): corresponding to 373 episodes in the CYD-TDV group (N = 17,230) and 528 episodes in the control group (N = 8,596). Fewer episodes in the CYD-TDV group resulted in hospitalization than in the control group (7.0% versus 13.3%; P = 0.002), but both had a similar average length of stay of 4 days. Overall, a two-thirds reduction in resource consumption and missed school/work days was observed in the CYD-TDV group relative to the control group. The estimated direct and indirect cost (2014 I$) associated with dengue episodes per participant in the CYD-TDV group was 73% lower than in the control group (I$6.72 versus I$25.08); representing a saving of I$I8.36 (95% confidence interval [CI]:17.05–19.78) per participant with vaccination. This is the first study providing information on dengue costs among vaccinated individuals and direct confirmation that vaccination has the potential to reduce dengue illness costs.
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- Hanna El Fezzazi
- Dengue Vaccination Impact and Economics, Sanofi Pasteur, Lyon, France
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- Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique (EHESP)-ESSEC Business School, Cergy, France
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- Vaccine Trial Centre, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Clinical Research and Development, Sanofi Pasteur, Sâo Paulo, Brazil
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- Clinical Sciences, Sanofi Pasteur, Singapore, Singapore
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Baba MM, Ikusemoran M. Is the absence or intermittent YF vaccination the major contributor to its persistent outbreaks in eastern Africa? Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2017; 492:548-557. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.01.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Baak-Baak CM, Moo-Llanes DA, Cigarroa–Toledo N, Puerto FI, Machain-Williams C, Reyes-Solis G, Nakazawa YJ, Ulloa-Garcia A, Garcia-Rejon JE. Ecological Niche Model for Predicting Distribution of Disease-Vector Mosquitoes in Yucatán State, México. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2017; 54:854-861. [PMID: 28399263 PMCID: PMC6503852 DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjw243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The majority of the Yucatán State, México, presents subtropical climate that is suitable for many species of mosquitoes that are known to be vectors of diseases, including those from the genera Aedes and Culex. The objective of this study is to identify the geographic distribution of five species from these two genera and estimate the human population at risk of coming in contact with them. We compiled distributional data for Aedes aegypti (L.), Aedes (Howardina) cozumelensis (Diaz Najera), Culex coronator Dyar and Knab, Culex quinquefasciatus Say, and Culex thriambus Dyar from several entomological studies in Yucatán between March 2010 and September 2014. Based on these data, we constructed ecological niche models to predict the spatial distribution of each species using the MaxEnt algorithm. Our models identified areas with suitable environments for Ae. aegypti in most of Yucatán. A similar percentage of urban (97.1%) and rural (96.5%) populations were contained in areas of highest suitability for Ae. aegypti, and no spatial pattern was found (Moran's I = 0.33, P = 0.38); however, we found an association of abundance of immature forms of this species with annual mean temperature (r = 0.19, P ≤ 0.001) and annual precipitation (r = 0.21, P ≤ 0.001). Aedes cozumelensis is also distributed in most areas of the Yucatán State; Cx. quinquefasciatus, Cx. coronator, and Cx. thriambus are restricted to the northwest. The information generated in this study can inform decision-making to address control measures in priority areas with presence of these vectors.
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- Carlos M. Baak-Baak
- Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán Laboratorio de Arbovirología, Calle 43 No. 613 x Calle 90 Colonia Inalámbrica, Mérida, Yucatán, México CP 97069
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- Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Calle 19 Poniente esquina 4ta Norte, Tapachula, Chiapas, México, CP 30700
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- Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán Laboratorio de Arbovirología, Calle 43 No. 613 x Calle 90 Colonia Inalámbrica, Mérida, Yucatán, México CP 97069
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- Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán Laboratorio de Arbovirología, Calle 43 No. 613 x Calle 90 Colonia Inalámbrica, Mérida, Yucatán, México CP 97069
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- Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán Laboratorio de Arbovirología, Calle 43 No. 613 x Calle 90 Colonia Inalámbrica, Mérida, Yucatán, México CP 97069
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- Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán Laboratorio de Arbovirología, Calle 43 No. 613 x Calle 90 Colonia Inalámbrica, Mérida, Yucatán, México CP 97069
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd., NE Mailstop G-06, Atlanta, GA 30333
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- Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Calle 19 Poniente esquina 4ta Norte, Tapachula, Chiapas, México, CP 30700
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- Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán Laboratorio de Arbovirología, Calle 43 No. 613 x Calle 90 Colonia Inalámbrica, Mérida, Yucatán, México CP 97069
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Richards SL, White AV, Balanay JAG. Potential for sublethal insecticide exposure to impact vector competence of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) for dengue and Zika viruses. Res Rep Trop Med 2017; 8:53-57. [PMID: 30050345 PMCID: PMC6038892 DOI: 10.2147/rrtm.s133411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Chikungunya, dengue, and Zika viruses (CHIKV, family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus; DENV and ZIKV, family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus) are arboviruses that cause human epidemics. Due to the lack of vaccines for many mosquito-borne diseases, there is a need for mosquito control. In the US and other regions, residual barrier insecticide sprays are applied to foliage where female mosquitoes rest and/or sugar feed between blood meals. Residual sprays are an important control method for anthropogenic day-active sylvan mosquitoes such as Aedes albopictus (vector of CHIKV, DENV, and ZIKV) that are difficult to control using ultralow-volume sprays applied only at dusk or dawn when these mosquitoes are not active. In this exploratory study, we analyzed the extent to which ingestion of a sublethal dose of the active ingredient bifenthrin affected vector competence (i.e., infection, dissemination, and transmission) of Ae. albopictus for DENV and ZIKV. Two incubation periods (IPs; 7 and 14 d) were tested at 28°C for insecticide-fed and sugar-fed mosquitoes. We show that mosquitoes that were fed bifenthrin (0.128 µg/mL) mixed with sucrose solution exhibited significantly lower DENV infection rates and body titers after a 14-d IP. During the 7-d IP, one mosquito (sugar group) transmitted ZIKV. During the 14-d IP, 100% of mosquitoes showed body and leg ZIKV infections, and one mosquito (sugar+bifenthrin group) transmitted ZIKV. This is a preliminary communication, and more studies will be required to further investigate these findings. We expect the findings of this small-scale study to spur larger-scale investigations of the impacts of insecticides on mechanisms regulating vector competence, and exposure to other active ingredients, and aid in development of new insecticides.
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- Stephanie L Richards
- Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA,
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- Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA,
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- Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA,
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Cucunawangsih, Lugito NPH. Trends of Dengue Disease Epidemiology. Virology (Auckl) 2017; 8:1178122X17695836. [PMID: 28579763 PMCID: PMC5428083 DOI: 10.1177/1178122x17695836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Dengue disease is an emerging mosquito-borne viral infection transmitted between humans by Aedes spp. that are distributed mainly in the tropical and subtropical region along with chikungunya and zika diseases. The distribution of dengue disease is influenced by local variation, such as geography, rainfall, temperature, and rapid urbanization or migration. The epidemy of mosquito-borne infection significantly led to increased number of cases and hyperendemicity which induce a more severe form of dengue accompanied by cocirculation of chikungunya and zika. The rapid global spreading of dengue disease created public health burdens that are presently unfulfilled by the absence of specific therapy, simple diagnosis tool for the early phase, and effective and efficient vector control system. This review highlights the current situation of dengue distribution, epidemiology, and new strategies for early dengue diagnosis and risk prediction of severity that can be used to improve oversight and alleviate the heavy burden of the disease.
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- Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Pelita Harapan University, Tangerang, Indonesia
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Kulkarni A, Bhat R, Malik M, Sane S, Kothari S, Vaidya S, Chowdhary A, Deshmukh RA. Neutralizing Antibody Response and Efficacy of Novel Recombinant Tetravalent Dengue DNA Vaccine Comprising Envelope Domain III in Mice. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 2017; 42:152-160. [PMID: 28360441 PMCID: PMC5366363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND Dengue is a global arboviral threat to humans; causing 390 million infections per year. The availability of safe and effective tetravalent dengue vaccine is a global requirement to prevent epidemics, morbidity, and mortality associated with it. METHODS Five experimental groups (6 mice per group) each of 5-week-old BALB/c mice were immunized with vaccine and placebo (empty plasmid) (100 µg, i.m.) on days 0, 14 and 28. Among these, four groups (one group per serotype) of each were subsequently challenged 3 weeks after the last boost with dengue virus (DENV) serotypes 1-4 (100 LD50, 20 µl intracerebrally) to determine vaccine efficacy. The fifth group of each was used as a control. The PBS immunized group was used as mock control. Serum samples were collected before and after subsequent immunizations. EDIII fusion protein expression was determined by Western blot. Total protein concentration was measured by Bradford assay. Neutralizing antibodies were assessed by TCID50-CPE inhibition assay. Statistical analysis was performed using Stata/IC 10.1 software for Windows. One-way repeated measures ANOVA and Mann-Whitney test were used for neutralizing antibody analysis and vaccine efficacy, respectively. RESULTS The recombinant EDIII fusion protein was expressed adequately in transfected 293T cells. Total protein concentration was almost 3 times more than the control. Vaccine candidate induced neutralizing antibodies against all four DENV serotypes with a notable increase after subsequent boosters. Vaccine efficacy was 83.3% (DENV-1, -3, -4) and 50% (DENV-2). CONCLUSION Our results suggest that vaccine is immunogenic and protective; however, further studies are required to improve the immunogenicity particularly against DENV-2.
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- Ajit Kulkarni
- Department of Virology, Haffkine Institute for Traning, Research and Testing, Acharya Donde Marg, Mumbai-400012 India,Correspondence: Ajit Kulkarni, MS; Department of Virology, Haffkine Institute for Traning, Research and Testing, Acharya Donde Marg, Mumbai-400012 India Tel: +91 22 24160947 Fax: +91 22 24161787
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- Department of Virology, Haffkine Institute for Traning, Research and Testing, Acharya Donde Marg, Mumbai-400012 India
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- Department of Zoonosis, Haffkine Institute for Traning, Research and Testing, Acharya Donde Marg, Mumbai-400012 India
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- National AIDS Research Institute, MIDC, Bhosari, Pune-411026 India
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- Department of Virology, Haffkine Institute for Traning, Research and Testing, Acharya Donde Marg, Mumbai-400012 India
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- Department of Virology, Haffkine Institute for Traning, Research and Testing, Acharya Donde Marg, Mumbai-400012 India
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- Department of Virology, Haffkine Institute for Traning, Research and Testing, Acharya Donde Marg, Mumbai-400012 India
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- Department of Virology, Haffkine Institute for Traning, Research and Testing, Acharya Donde Marg, Mumbai-400012 India
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Castro MC, Wilson ME, Bloom DE. Disease and economic burdens of dengue. THE LANCET. INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2017; 17:e70-e78. [PMID: 28185869 DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(16)30545-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2016] [Revised: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The burden of dengue is large and growing. More than half of the global population lives in areas with risk of dengue transmission. Uncertainty in burden estimates, however, challenges policy makers' ability to set priorities, allocate resources, and plan for interventions. In this report, the first in a Series on dengue, we explore the estimations of disease and economic burdens of dengue, and the major estimation challenges, limitations, and sources of uncertainty. We also reflect on opportunities to remedy these deficiencies. Point estimates of apparent dengue infections vary widely, although the confidence intervals of these estimates overlap. Cost estimates include different items, are mostly based on a single year of data, use different monetary references, are calculated from different perspectives, and are difficult to compare. Comprehensive estimates that decompose the cost by different stakeholders (as proposed in our framework), that consider the cost of epidemic years, and that account for productivity and tourism losses, are scarce. On the basis of these estimates, we propose the most comprehensive framework for estimating the economic burden of dengue in any region, differentiated by four very different domains of cost items and by three potential stakeholders who bear the costs. This framework can inform future estimations of the economic burden of dengue and generate demand for additional routine administrative data collection, or for systematic incorporation of additional questions in nationally representative surveys in dengue-endemic countries. Furthermore, scholars could use the framework to guide scenario simulations that consider ranges of possible values for cost items for which data are not yet available. Results would be valuable to policy makers and would also raise awareness among communities, potentially improving dengue control efforts.
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- Marcia C Castro
- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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Yamana TK, Kandula S, Shaman J. Superensemble forecasts of dengue outbreaks. J R Soc Interface 2016; 13:20160410. [PMID: 27733698 PMCID: PMC5095208 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2016.0410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 09/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In recent years, a number of systems capable of predicting future infectious disease incidence have been developed. As more of these systems are operationalized, it is important that the forecasts generated by these different approaches be formally reconciled so that individual forecast error and bias are reduced. Here we present a first example of such multi-system, or superensemble, forecast. We develop three distinct systems for predicting dengue, which are applied retrospectively to forecast outbreak characteristics in San Juan, Puerto Rico. We then use Bayesian averaging methods to combine the predictions from these systems and create superensemble forecasts. We demonstrate that on average, the superensemble approach produces more accurate forecasts than those made from any of the individual forecasting systems.
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- Teresa K Yamana
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, US
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, US
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, US
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Phung D, Talukder MRR, Rutherford S, Chu C. A climate-based prediction model in the high-risk clusters of the Mekong Delta region, Vietnam: towards improving dengue prevention and control. Trop Med Int Health 2016; 21:1324-1333. [PMID: 27404323 DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To develop a prediction score scheme useful for prevention practitioners and authorities to implement dengue preparedness and controls in the Mekong Delta region (MDR). METHODS We applied a spatial scan statistic to identify high-risk dengue clusters in the MDR and used generalised linear-distributed lag models to examine climate-dengue associations using dengue case records and meteorological data from 2003 to 2013. The significant predictors were collapsed into categorical scales, and the β-coefficients of predictors were converted to prediction scores. The score scheme was validated for predicting dengue outbreaks using ROC analysis. RESULTS The north-eastern MDR was identified as the high-risk cluster. A 1 °C increase in temperature at lag 1-4 and 5-8 weeks increased the dengue risk 11% (95% CI, 9-13) and 7% (95% CI, 6-8), respectively. A 1% rise in humidity increased dengue risk 0.9% (95% CI, 0.2-1.4) at lag 1-4 and 0.8% (95% CI, 0.2-1.4) at lag 5-8 weeks. Similarly, a 1-mm increase in rainfall increased dengue risk 0.1% (95% CI, 0.05-0.16) at lag 1-4 and 0.11% (95% CI, 0.07-0.16) at lag 5-8 weeks. The predicted scores performed with high accuracy in diagnosing the dengue outbreaks (96.3%). CONCLUSION This study demonstrates the potential usefulness of a dengue prediction score scheme derived from complex statistical models for high-risk dengue clusters. We recommend a further study to examine the possibility of incorporating such a score scheme into the dengue early warning system in similar climate settings.
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- Dung Phung
- Centre for Environment and Population Health, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
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- Centre for Environment and Population Health, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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- Centre for Environment and Population Health, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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Baba M, Villinger J, Masiga DK. Repetitive dengue outbreaks in East Africa: A proposed phased mitigation approach may reduce its impact. Rev Med Virol 2016; 26:183-96. [PMID: 26922851 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.1877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2015] [Revised: 02/03/2016] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Dengue outbreaks have persistently occurred in eastern African countries for several decades. We assessed each outbreak to identify risk factors and propose a framework for prevention and impact mitigation. Seven out of ten countries in eastern Africa and three islands in the Indian Ocean have experienced dengue outbreaks between 1823 and 2014. Major risk factors associated with past dengue outbreaks include climate, virus and vector genetics and human practices. Appropriate use of dengue diagnostic tools and their interpretation are necessary for both outbreak investigations and sero-epidemiological studies. Serosurvey findings during inter-epidemic periods have not been adequately utilised to prevent re-occurrence of dengue outbreaks. Local weather variables may be used to predict dengue outbreaks, while entomological surveillance can complement other disease-mitigation efforts during outbreaks and identify risk-prone areas during inter-epidemic periods. The limitations of past dengue outbreak responses and the enormous socio-economic impacts of the disease on human health are highlighted. Its repeated occurrence in East Africa refutes previous observations that susceptibility may depend on race. Alternate hypotheses on heterotypic protection among flaviviruses may not be applied to all ecologies. Prevention and mitigation of severe dengue outbreaks should necessarily consider the diverse factors associated with their occurrence. Implementation of phased dengue mitigation activities can enforce timely and judicious use of scarce resources, promote environmental sanitation, and drive behavioural change, hygienic practices and community-based vector control. Understanding dengue epidemiology and clinical symptoms, as determined by its evolution, are significant to preventing future dengue epidemics.
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- Marycelin Baba
- Martin Lüscher Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (ML-EID), International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science, P.M.B. 1069, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria
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- Martin Lüscher Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (ML-EID), International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya
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- Martin Lüscher Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory (ML-EID), International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya
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Rodríguez RC, Carrasquilla G, Porras A, Galera-Gelvez K, Yescas JGL, Rueda-Gallardo JA. The Burden of Dengue and the Financial Cost to Colombia, 2010-2012. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2016; 94:1065-1072. [PMID: 26928834 PMCID: PMC4856604 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 01/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Data on the burden of dengue and its economic costs can help guide health policy decisions. However, little reliable information is available for Colombia. We therefore calculated the burden of the disease, expressed in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), for two scenarios: endemic years (average number of cases in non-epidemic years 2011 and 2012) and an epidemic year (2010, when the highest number of dengue cases was reported in the study period). We also estimated the total economic cost of the disease (U.S. dollars at the average exchange rate for 2012), including indirect costs to households derived from expenses such as preventing entry of mosquitos into the home and costs to government arising from direct, indirect, and prevention and monitoring activities, as well as the direct medical and non-medical costs. In the epidemic year 2010, 1,198.73 DALYs were lost per million inhabitants versus 83.88 in endemic years. The total financial cost of the disease in Colombia from a societal perspective was US$167.8 million for 2010, US$129.9 million for 2011, and US$131.7 million for 2012. The cost of mosquito prevention borne by households was a major cost driver (accounting for 46% of the overall cost in 2010, 62% in 2011, and 64% in 2012).
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- Raúl Castro Rodríguez
- *Address correspondence to Raúl Castro Rodríguez, Department of Economics, Facultad de Economía, Universidad de los Andes, Calle 19A No.1-37 Este, Bloque W, Oficina 919, Bogotá, Colombia. E-mail:
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Thalagala N, Tissera H, Palihawadana P, Amarasinghe A, Ambagahawita A, Wilder-Smith A, Shepard DS, Tozan Y. Costs of Dengue Control Activities and Hospitalizations in the Public Health Sector during an Epidemic Year in Urban Sri Lanka. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2016; 10:e0004466. [PMID: 26910907 PMCID: PMC4766086 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2015] [Accepted: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Background Reported as a public health problem since the 1960s in Sri Lanka, dengue has become a high priority disease for public health authorities. The Ministry of Health is responsible for controlling dengue and other disease outbreaks and associated health care. The involvement of large numbers of public health staff in dengue control activities year-round and the provision of free medical care to dengue patients at secondary care hospitals place a formidable financial burden on the public health sector. Methods We estimated the public sector costs of dengue control activities and the direct costs of hospitalizations in Colombo, the most heavily urbanized district in Sri Lanka, during the epidemic year of 2012 from the Ministry of Health’s perspective. The financial costs borne by public health agencies and hospitals are collected using cost extraction tools designed specifically for the study and analysed retrospectively using a combination of activity-based and gross costing approaches. Results The total cost of dengue control and reported hospitalizations was estimated at US$3.45 million (US$1.50 per capita) in Colombo district in 2012. Personnel costs accounted for the largest shares of the total costs of dengue control activities (79%) and hospitalizations (46%). The results indicated a per capita cost of US$0.42 for dengue control activities. The average costs per hospitalization ranged between US$216–609 for pediatric cases and between US$196–866 for adult cases according to disease severity and treatment setting. Conclusions This analysis is a first attempt to assess the economic burden of dengue response in the public health sector in Sri Lanka. Country-specific evidence is needed for setting public health priorities and deciding about the deployment of existing or new technologies. Our results suggest that dengue poses a major economic burden on the public health sector in Sri Lanka. Dengue is a major public health problem affecting more than half of the world’s population living in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The disease is estimated to place a heavy socio-economic burden on households, health care systems, and governments, particularly during outbreaks; however, country-specific reliable estimates of burden of disease and cost data are limited. This study estimated the public sector costs of dengue control activities and the direct costs of hospitalizations in Colombo district—the most heavily populated and urbanized district in Sri Lanka—during the epidemic year of 2012 from the Ministry of Health’s perspective. Results revealed that the Ministry’s cost of dengue control and hospitalizations totaled US$3.45 million (US$1.50 per capita), of which US$971,360 (US$0.42 per capita) was for dengue control activities. Personnel costs accounted for the largest shares of the costs of dengue control activities (79%) and of hospitalizations (46%). The results indicated a per capita cost of US$0.42 for dengue control activities. The average costs of hospitalization ranged between US$216–609 for pediatric cases and between US$196–866 for adult cases according to disease severity and treatment setting. These results suggest that dengue poses a major economic burden on the public health sector in Sri Lanka.
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- Neil Thalagala
- National Child Health Programme, Family Health Bureau, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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- Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- National Dengue Control Unit, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Brandeis University, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University Medical School, Heidelberg, Germany
- College of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America
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Constenla D, Garcia C, Lefcourt N. Assessing the Economics of Dengue: Results from a Systematic Review of the Literature and Expert Survey. PHARMACOECONOMICS 2015; 33:1107-1135. [PMID: 26048354 DOI: 10.1007/s40273-015-0294-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND The economics of dengue is complex and multifaceted. OBJECTIVES We performed a systematic review of the literature to provide a critical overview of the issues related to dengue economics research and to form a background with which to address the question of cost. METHODS Three literature databases were searched [PubMed, Embase and Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS)], covering a period from 1980 to 2013, to identify papers meeting preset inclusion criteria. Studies were reviewed for methodological quality on the basis of a quality checklist developed for this purpose. An expert survey was designed to identify priority areas in dengue economics research and to identify gaps between the methodology and actual practice. Survey responses were combined with the literature review findings to determine stakeholder priorities in dengue economics research. RESULTS The review identified over 700 papers. Forty-two of these papers met the selection criteria. The studies that were reviewed presented results from 32 dengue-endemic countries, underscoring the importance of dengue as a global public health problem. Cost analyses were the most common, with 21 papers, followed by nine cost-effectiveness analyses and seven cost-of-illness studies, indicating a relatively strong mix of methodologies. Dengue annual overall costs (in 2010 values) ranged from US$13.5 million (in Nicaragua) to $56 million (in Malaysia), showing cost variations across countries. Little consistency exists in the way costs were estimated and dengue interventions evaluated, making generalizations around costs difficult. CONCLUSIONS The current evidence suggests that dengue costs are substantial because of the cost of hospital care and lost earnings. Further research in this area will broaden our understanding of the true economic impact of dengue.
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- Dagna Constenla
- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 855 N. Wolfe Street, Suite 600, Baltimore, 21205, USA.
- Dengue Vaccine Initiative (DVI), Baltimore, USA.
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- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 855 N. Wolfe Street, Suite 600, Baltimore, 21205, USA
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- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 855 N. Wolfe Street, Suite 600, Baltimore, 21205, USA
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Romero-Vega L, Pacheco O, de la Hoz-Restrepo F, Díaz-Quijano FA. Evaluation of dengue fever reports during an epidemic, Colombia. Rev Saude Publica 2015; 48:899-905. [PMID: 26039392 PMCID: PMC4285822 DOI: 10.1590/s0034-8910.2014048005321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Accepted: 07/06/2014] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess the validity of dengue fever reports and how they relate to the definition of case and severity. METHODS Diagnostic test assessment was conducted using cross-sectional sampling from a universe of 13,873 patients treated during the fifth epidemiological period in health institutions from 11 Colombian departments in 2013. The test under analyses was the reporting to the National Public Health Surveillance System, and the reference standard was the review of histories identified by active institutional search. We reviewed all histories of patients diagnosed with dengue fever, as well as a random sample of patients with febrile syndromes. The specificity and sensitivity of reports were estimated for this purpose, considering the inverse of the probability of being selected for weighting. The concordance between reporting and the findings of the active institutional search was calculated using Kappa statistics. RESULTS We included 4,359 febrile patients, and 31.7% were classified as compatible with dengue fever (17 with severe dengue fever; 461 with dengue fever and warning signs; 904 with dengue fever and no warning signs). The global sensitivity of reports was 13.2% (95%CI 10.9;15.4) and specificity was 98.4% (95%CI 97.9;98.9). Sensitivity varied according to severity: 12.1% (95%CI 9.3;14.8) for patients presenting dengue fever with no warning signs; 14.5% (95%CI 10.6;18.4) for those presenting dengue fever with warning signs, and 40.0% (95%CI 9.6;70.4) for those with severe dengue fever. Concordance between reporting and the findings of the active institutional search resulted in a Kappa of 10.1%. CONCLUSIONS Low concordance was observed between reporting and the review of clinical histories, which was associated with the low reporting of dengue fever compatible cases, especially milder cases.
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Salmon-Mulanovich G, Blazes DL, Lescano AG, Bausch DG, Montgomery JM, Pan WK. Economic Burden of Dengue Virus Infection at the Household Level Among Residents of Puerto Maldonado, Peru. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2015. [PMID: 26217040 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Dengue virus (DENV) was reintroduced to Peru in the 1990s and has been reported in Puerto Maldonado (population ~65,000) in the Peruvian southern Amazon basin since 2000. This region also has the highest human migration rate in the country, mainly from areas not endemic for DENV. The objective of this study was to assess the proportion of household income that is diverted to costs incurred because of dengue illness and to compare these expenses between recent migrants (RMs) and long-term residents (LTRs). We administered a standardized questionnaire to persons diagnosed with dengue illness at Hospital Santa Rosa in Puerto Maldonado from December 2012 to March 2013. We compared direct and indirect medical costs between RMs and LTRs. A total of 80 participants completed the survey, of whom 28 (35%) were RMs and 52 (65%) were LTRs. Each dengue illness episode cost the household an average of US$105 (standard deviation [SD] = 107), representing 24% of their monthly income. Indirect costs were the greatest expense (US$56, SD = 87), especially lost wages. The proportion of household income diverted to dengue illness did not differ significantly between RM and LTR households. The study highlights the significant financial burden incurred by households when a family member suffers dengue illness.
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- Gabriela Salmon-Mulanovich
- Department of Virology and Emerging Infections, Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru; Department of International Health,Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; Military Tropical Medicine Course, Navy Medicine Professional Development Center, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Parasitology, Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru; School of Public Health and Management, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya; Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Virology and Emerging Infections, Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru; Department of International Health,Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; Military Tropical Medicine Course, Navy Medicine Professional Development Center, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Parasitology, Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru; School of Public Health and Management, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya; Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Virology and Emerging Infections, Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru; Department of International Health,Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; Military Tropical Medicine Course, Navy Medicine Professional Development Center, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Parasitology, Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru; School of Public Health and Management, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya; Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Virology and Emerging Infections, Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru; Department of International Health,Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; Military Tropical Medicine Course, Navy Medicine Professional Development Center, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Parasitology, Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru; School of Public Health and Management, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya; Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Virology and Emerging Infections, Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru; Department of International Health,Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; Military Tropical Medicine Course, Navy Medicine Professional Development Center, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Parasitology, Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru; School of Public Health and Management, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya; Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Virology and Emerging Infections, Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru; Department of International Health,Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; Military Tropical Medicine Course, Navy Medicine Professional Development Center, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Parasitology, Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6, Callao, Peru; School of Public Health and Management, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru; Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya; Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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Undurraga EA, Betancourt-Cravioto M, Ramos-Castañeda J, Martínez-Vega R, Méndez-Galván J, Gubler DJ, Guzmán MG, Halstead SB, Harris E, Kuri-Morales P, Tapia-Conyer R, Shepard DS. Economic and disease burden of dengue in Mexico. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2015; 9:e0003547. [PMID: 25786225 PMCID: PMC4364886 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Accepted: 01/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dengue imposes a substantial economic and disease burden in most tropical and subtropical countries. Dengue incidence and severity have dramatically increased in Mexico during the past decades. Having objective and comparable estimates of the economic burden of dengue is essential to inform health policy, increase disease awareness, and assess the impact of dengue prevention and control technologies. METHODS AND FINDINGS We estimated the annual economic and disease burden of dengue in Mexico for the years 2010-2011. We merged multiple data sources, including a prospective cohort study; patient interviews and macro-costing from major hospitals; surveillance, budget, and health data from the Ministry of Health; WHO cost estimates; and available literature. We conducted a probabilistic sensitivity analysis using Monte Carlo simulations to derive 95% certainty levels (CL) for our estimates. Results suggest that Mexico had about 139,000 (95%CL: 128,000-253,000) symptomatic and 119 (95%CL: 75-171) fatal dengue episodes annually on average (2010-2011), compared to an average of 30,941 symptomatic and 59 fatal dengue episodes reported. The annual cost, including surveillance and vector control, was US$170 (95%CL: 151-292) million, or $1.56 (95%CL: 1.38-2.68) per capita, comparable to other countries in the region. Of this, $87 (95%CL: 87-209) million or $0.80 per capita (95%CL: 0.62-1.12) corresponds to illness. Annual disease burden averaged 65 (95%CL: 36-99) disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) per million population. Inclusion of long-term sequelae, co-morbidities, impact on tourism, and health system disruption during outbreaks would further increase estimated economic and disease burden. CONCLUSION With this study, Mexico joins Panama, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, and Thailand as the only countries or areas worldwide with comprehensive (illness and preventive) empirical estimates of dengue burden. Burden varies annually; during an outbreak, dengue burden may be significantly higher than that of the pre-vaccine level of rotavirus diarrhea. In sum, Mexico's potential economic benefits from dengue control would be substantial.
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- Eduardo A. Undurraga
- Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Mexico
- Center for Tropical Diseases, University of Texas-Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America
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- Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Mexico
- Organización Latinoamericana para el Fomento de la Investigación en Salud, Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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- University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Edillo FE, Halasa YA, Largo FM, Erasmo JNV, Amoin NB, Alera MTP, Yoon IK, Alcantara AC, Shepard DS. Economic cost and burden of dengue in the Philippines. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2014; 92:360-366. [PMID: 25510723 PMCID: PMC4347342 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Dengue, the world's most important mosquito-borne viral disease, is endemic in the Philippines. During 2008–2012, the country's Department of Health reported an annual average of 117,065 dengue cases, placing the country fourth in dengue burden in southeast Asia. This study estimates the country's annual number of dengue episodes and their economic cost. Our comparison of cases between active and passive surveillance in Punta Princesa, Cebu City yielded an expansion factor of 7.2, close to the predicted value (7.0) based on the country's health system. We estimated an annual average of 842,867 clinically diagnosed dengue cases, with direct medical costs (in 2012 US dollars) of $345 million ($3.26 per capita). This is 54% higher than an earlier estimate without Philippines-specific costs. Ambulatory settings treated 35% of cases (representing 10% of direct costs), whereas inpatient hospitals served 65% of cases (representing 90% of direct costs). The economic burden of dengue in the Philippines is substantial.
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- *Address correspondence to Donald S. Shepard, Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Heller School, MS 035, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110. E-mail:
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Shepard DS, Halasa YA, Tyagi BK, Adhish SV, Nandan D, Karthiga KS, Chellaswamy V, Gaba M, Arora NK. Economic and disease burden of dengue illness in India. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2014; 91:1235-1242. [PMID: 25294616 PMCID: PMC4257651 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Between 2006 and 2012 India reported an annual average of 20,474 dengue cases. Although dengue has been notifiable since 1996, regional comparisons suggest that reported numbers substantially underrepresent the full impact of the disease. Adjustment for underreporting from a case study in Madurai district and an expert Delphi panel yielded an annual average of 5,778,406 clinically diagnosed dengue cases between 2006 and 2012, or 282 times the reported number per year. The total direct annual medical cost was US$548 million. Ambulatory settings treated 67% of cases representing 18% of costs, whereas 33% of cases were hospitalized, comprising 82% of costs. Eighty percent of expenditures went to private facilities. Including non-medical and indirect costs based on other dengue-endemic countries raises the economic cost to $1.11 billion, or $0.88 per capita. The economic and disease burden of dengue in India is substantially more than captured by officially reported cases, and increased control measures merit serious consideration.
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- Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts; Centre for Research in Medical Entomology, Madurai, India; National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India; INCLEN Trust International, New Delhi, India
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- Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts; Centre for Research in Medical Entomology, Madurai, India; National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India; INCLEN Trust International, New Delhi, India
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Shepard DS, Undurraga EA, Betancourt-Cravioto M, Guzmán MG, Halstead SB, Harris E, Mudin RN, Murray KO, Tapia-Conyer R, Gubler DJ. Approaches to refining estimates of global burden and economics of dengue. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014; 8:e3306. [PMID: 25412506 PMCID: PMC4238988 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Accepted: 10/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Dengue presents a formidable and growing global economic and disease burden, with around half the world's population estimated to be at risk of infection. There is wide variation and substantial uncertainty in current estimates of dengue disease burden and, consequently, on economic burden estimates. Dengue disease varies across time, geography and persons affected. Variations in the transmission of four different viruses and interactions among vector density and host's immune status, age, pre-existing medical conditions, all contribute to the disease's complexity. This systematic review aims to identify and examine estimates of dengue disease burden and costs, discuss major sources of uncertainty, and suggest next steps to improve estimates. Economic analysis of dengue is mainly concerned with costs of illness, particularly in estimating total episodes of symptomatic dengue. However, national dengue disease reporting systems show a great diversity in design and implementation, hindering accurate global estimates of dengue episodes and country comparisons. A combination of immediate, short-, and long-term strategies could substantially improve estimates of disease and, consequently, of economic burden of dengue. Suggestions for immediate implementation include refining analysis of currently available data to adjust reported episodes and expanding data collection in empirical studies, such as documenting the number of ambulatory visits before and after hospitalization and including breakdowns by age. Short-term recommendations include merging multiple data sources, such as cohort and surveillance data to evaluate the accuracy of reporting rates (by health sector, treatment, severity, etc.), and using covariates to extrapolate dengue incidence to locations with no or limited reporting. Long-term efforts aim at strengthening capacity to document dengue transmission using serological methods to systematically analyze and relate to epidemiologic data. As promising tools for diagnosis, vaccination, vector control, and treatment are being developed, these recommended steps should improve objective, systematic measures of dengue burden to strengthen health policy decisions.
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- Donald S. Shepard
- Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Dengue Vaccine Initiative, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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- University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Fredericks AC, Fernandez-Sesma A. The burden of dengue and chikungunya worldwide: implications for the southern United States and California. Ann Glob Health 2014; 80:466-75. [PMID: 25960096 PMCID: PMC4427842 DOI: 10.1016/j.aogh.2015.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dengue virus (DENV) spreads to humans through the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus mosquito and is a growing public health threat to both industrialized and developing nations worldwide. Outbreaks of autochthonous dengue in the United States occurred extensively in the past but over the past 3 decades have again taken place in Florida, Hawaii, and Texas as well as in American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. As the Aedes vectors spread worldwide it is anticipated that DENV as well as other viruses also transmitted by these vectors, such as Chikungunya virus (CHKV), will invade new areas of the world, including the United States. OBJECTIVES In this review, we describe the current burden of dengue disease worldwide and the potential introduction of DENV and CHKV into different areas of the United States. Of these areas, the state of California saw the arrival and spread of the Aedes aegypti vector beginning in 2013. This invasion presents a developing situation when considering the state's number of imported dengue cases and proximity to northern Mexico as well as the rising specter of chikungunya in the Western hemisphere. FINDINGS In light of the recent arrival of Aedes aegypti mosquito vectors to California, there is now a small but appreciable risk for endemic transmission of dengue and chikungunya within the State. It is likely, however, that if DENV or CHKV were to become endemic that the public health situation would be similar to that currently found along the Texas-Mexico border. The distribution of Aedes vectors in California as well as a discussion of several factors contributing to the risk for dengue importation are discussed and evaluated. CONCLUSIONS Dengue and chikungunya viruses present real risks to states where the Aedes vector is now established. Scientists, physicians, and public health authorities should familiarize themselves with these risks and prepare appropriately.
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- Anthony C Fredericks
- Department of Microbiology and The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Microbiology and The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
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Vieira Machado AA, Estevan AO, Sales A, Brabes KCDS, Croda J, Negrão FJ. Direct costs of dengue hospitalization in Brazil: public and private health care systems and use of WHO guidelines. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014; 8:e3104. [PMID: 25188295 PMCID: PMC4154670 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dengue, an arboviral disease, is a public health problem in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. In Brazil, epidemics have become increasingly important, with increases in the number of hospitalizations and the costs associated with the disease. This study aimed to describe the direct costs of hospitalized dengue cases, the financial impact of admissions and the use of blood products where current protocols for disease management were not followed. METHODS AND RESULTS To analyze the direct costs of dengue illness and platelet transfusion in Brazil based on the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, we conducted a retrospective cross-sectional census study on hospitalized dengue patients in the public and private Brazilian health systems in Dourados City, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil. The analysis involved cases that occurred from January through December during the 2010 outbreak. In total, we examined 8,226 mandatorily reported suspected dengue cases involving 507 hospitalized patients. The final sample comprised 288 laboratory-confirmed dengue patients, who accounted for 56.8% of all hospitalized cases. The overall cost of the hospitalized dengue cases was US $210,084.30, in 2010, which corresponded to 2.5% of the gross domestic product per capita in Dourados that year. In 35.2% of cases, blood products were used in patients who did not meet the blood transfusion criteria. The overall median hospitalization cost was higher (p = 0.002) in the group that received blood products (US $1,622.40) compared with the group that did not receive blood products (US $550.20). CONCLUSION The comparative costs between the public and the private health systems show that both the hospitalization of and platelet transfusion in patients who do not meet the WHO and Brazilian dengue guidelines increase the direct costs, but not the quality, of health care.
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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- Faculty of Math, State University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Nova Andradina, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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