title: Outwitting dengue threat and epidemics resurgence in Asia-Pacific countries: strengthening integrated dengue surveillance, monitoring and response systems.
abstract: Dengue is still a substantial vector-borne viral disease threat and burden of public health importance worldwide. This situation is complicated by dengue virus unprecedented resurgence and persistence of varied serotypes in endemic-prone areas, and man-made and natural activities consequences that promote vector emergence, transmission dynamics and spread across the Asia-Pacific region. There is an urgent need to strengthen operational and contextual surveillance-response research in improving early detection of active reservoir detection, novel drug in case management and quality evidence-based response including the deployment of dengue mass vaccination. Moreover, sustained mapping and watching of dengue risk factors or determinants, performance and outcome indicators of control or elimination programs effectiveness in defining minimum effective data towards community knowledge-based decision-making policy and effective response packages is imperative. Moreover, implementation of a robust, integrated dengue early warning surveillance, monitoring and response systems metrics is required for evidence-based, timely and cost-effective contextual mitigation strategies, and innovative interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Higher Institute of Public Health Sciences, Université des Montagnes, Bangangté, Cameroon. tambo0711@gmail.com.|Africa Disease Intelligence and Surveillance, Communication and Response (Africa DISCoR) Foundation, Yaoundé, Cameroon. tambo0711@gmail.com.|Public Health Pests Laboratory, Jeddah, Jeddah Governate, Saudi Arabia. tambo0711@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ernest
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tambo
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, 200025, People's Republic of China.|Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology of the Chinese Ministry of Health, Shanghai, 200025, People's Republic of China.|WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, 200025, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jun-Hu
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, 200025, People's Republic of China. ipdzhouxn@sh163.net.|Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology of the Chinese Ministry of Health, Shanghai, 200025, People's Republic of China. ipdzhouxn@sh163.net.|WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, 200025, People's Republic of China. ipdzhouxn@sh163.net.
authors.forename: Xiao-Nong
authors.initials: XN
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Public Health Pests Laboratory, Jeddah, Jeddah Governate, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Emad I M
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Khater
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000821:virology; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000502:physiology*; D058872:Epidemics; D006801:Humans; D010139:Pacific Islands / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Asia-Pacific; China; Dengue; Epidemics; Monitoring; Response; Resurgence; Surveillance