Abstract
Dengue is an emerging vectorborne infectious disease that is a major public health concern in the Asia and the Pacific. Official dengue surveillance data for 2011 provided by ministries of health were summarized as part of routine activities of the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific. Based on officially reported surveillance data, dengue continued to show sustained activity in the Western Pacific Region. In 2011, Member States reported a total of 244,855 cases of which 839 died for a case fatality rate of 0.34%. More than 1000 cases were reported each from Cambodia, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Singapore and Viet Nam. Cambodia, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands reported higher activity relative to 2010. There continues to be great variability among the dengue-endemic countries and areas in the Region in the number of cases and serotype distribution. The continued high notification rate and complex dengue epidemiology in the Region highlight the need for information-sharing on a routine and timely basis.
Highlights
IntroductionBased on officially reported surveillance data, dengue continued to show sustained activity in the Western Pacific Region
Dengue is an emerging vectorborne infectious disease that is a major public health concern in Asia and the Pacific
Further data are provided from Australia, Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Viet Nam; a Emerging Disease Surveillance and Response, Division of Health Security and Emergencies, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines
Summary
Based on officially reported surveillance data, dengue continued to show sustained activity in the Western Pacific Region. Increasingly more reliable and systematic, dengue surveillance systems in many dengue-endemic countries in the Western Pacific Region, dengue has shown its high burden and its complex epidemiology of seasonality, multiyear oscillations and varying age, gender and serotype distributions over time.[1,2,3,4] Substantial economic costs have been associated with the disease at the household and overall economy levels,[5,6] highlighting the continued need to respond to this threat. Based on officially reported national surveillance data, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Western Pacific communicates the latest annual regional dengue situation. The Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Viet Nam contributed 1070 of the reported 1073 deaths
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