Dengue Expansion in Africa—Not Recognized or Not Happening?
Thomas Jaenischa✉, Thomas Junghanssa, Bridget A. Willsb, Oliver J. Bradyc, Isabella Eckerled, Andrew W. K. Farlowc, Simon Iain Hayc, Philip J. McCalle, Jane P. Messinac, Victor Ofulaf, Amadou Alpha Sallg, Anavaj Sakuntabhaih, Raman Velayudhani, William Wintc, Herve G. Zellerj, Harold S. Margolisk, Osman A. Sankohl, the Dengue in Africa Study Group
- aHeidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg
- bOxford University Clinical Research Unit Ho Chi Minh City
- cUniversity of Oxford Oxford
- dUniversitätsklinikum Bonn
- eLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine
- fUnited States Army
- gInstitut Pasteur de Dakar
- hGénétique fonctionnelle des Maladies infectieuses - Functional Genetics of Infectious Diseases
- iWorld Health Organisation
- jEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
- kCenters for Disease Control and Prevention [San Juan]
- lInternational Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health
- ✉Corresponding author
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Abstract
An expert conference on Dengue in Africa was held in Accra, Ghana, in February 2013 to consider key questions regarding the possible expansion of dengue in Africa. Four key action points were highlighted to advance our understanding of the epidemiology of dengue in Africa. First, dengue diagnostic tools must be made more widely available in the healthcare setting in Africa. Second, representative data need to be collected across Africa to uncover the true burden of dengue. Third, established networks should collaborate to produce these types of data. Fourth, policy needs to be informed so the necessary steps can be taken to provide dengue vector control and health services.
TL;DRThis expansion is essential before control and prevention of dengue are implemented and it is essential to address this expansion, experts say. (Semantic Scholar)