Abstract
Reviewing the literature for epidemiological trends of dengue disease: introduction to a series of seven national systematic literature reviews.
Highlights
We implemented seven collaborative literature review groups (LRG) composed of one or more independent experts in dengue from each country, epidemiologists, and medical advisors from the country and region that met during a series of teleconferences over a period of approximately 18 months
Among the seven countries reported, Brazil was considered first, and the work done by the Brazilian LRG, notably the development of the systematic literature review protocol, in consideration of PRISMA guidelines, served as a pilot and model for subsequent countries
Search strategies were devised for each electronic database to be reviewed, with reference to the expanded Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) thesaurus, broadly encompassing the terms ‘‘dengue’’, ‘‘epidemiology’’, and the ‘‘Country’’
Summary
We implemented seven collaborative literature review groups (LRG) composed of one or more independent experts in dengue from each country, epidemiologists, and medical advisors from the country and region that met during a series of teleconferences over a period of approximately 18 months. Among the seven countries reported, Brazil was considered first, and the work done by the Brazilian LRG, notably the development of the systematic literature review protocol, in consideration of PRISMA guidelines, served as a pilot and model for subsequent countries.
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