title: The epidemiologic surveillance of dengue-fever in French Guiana: when achievements trigger higher goals.
abstract: The epidemiology of dengue fever in French Guiana is marked by a combination of permanent transmission of the virus in the whole country and the occurrence of regular epidemics. Since 2006, a multi data source surveillance system was implemented to monitor dengue fever patterns, to improve early detection of outbreaks and to allow a better provision of information to health authorities, in order to guide and evaluate prevention activities and control measures. This report illustrates the validity and the performances of the system. We describe the experience gained by such a surveillance system and outline remaining challenges. Future works will consist in the use of other data sources such as environmental factors in order to improve knowledge on virus transmission mechanisms and determine how to use them for outbreaks prediction.
authors: Cellule de l'Institut de Veille Sanitaire en Région Antilles-Guyane. claude.flamand@ars.sante.fr
authors: Claude
authors: C
authors: Flamand
authors: Philippe
authors: P
authors: Quenel
authors: Vanessa
authors: V
authors: Ardillon
authors: Luisiane
authors: L
authors: Carvalho
authors: Sandra
authors: S
authors: Bringay
authors: Maguelonne
authors: M
authors: Teisseire
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D057225:Data Mining; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D018563:Disease Notification; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005616:French Guiana; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D040442:Public Health Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software