Outwitting dengue threat and epidemics resurgence in Asia-Pacific countries: strengthening integrated dengue surveillance, monitoring and response systems
Infectious Diseases of Poverty·
- DOI
- 10.1186/s40249-016-0148-3
- PMID
- 27233238
- PMCID
- PMC4884387
- OpenAlex
- W2407965021
- Study type
- Commentary
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
The article frames integrated surveillance and response as relevant to earlier detection, evidence-based policy decisions, and timely contextual mitigation of dengue-related risks in the Asia-Pacific region.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
The article discusses how integrated dengue surveillance, monitoring, and response systems could be strengthened in Asia-Pacific settings to support earlier detection, contextual response, and policy decision-making.
Study design
This is a peer-reviewed journal commentary rather than a primary observational or experimental study.
Population and setting
The discussion concerns dengue-prone areas across the Asia-Pacific region. No defined participant population or study sample is reported in the supplied abstract.
Main findings
The commentary identifies a need for stronger operational and contextual surveillance-response research, sustained mapping of dengue risk factors and program indicators, and integrated early-warning systems. It does not report original effect estimates, comparative results, or evaluated intervention outcomes.
Public-health relevance
The article frames integrated surveillance and response as relevant to earlier detection, evidence-based policy decisions, and timely contextual mitigation of dengue-related risks in the Asia-Pacific region.
Important limitations
The commentary design and the supplied abstract do not provide primary data or a formal evaluation of surveillance, monitoring, response, vaccination, or other proposed interventions. This summary is limited to the supplied single-article abstract and metadata; the original paper is required for decision-grade interpretation.
GIDS interpretation
The article is discoverable under dengue, surveillance, transmission dynamics, climate and environment, vaccination, and health policy topics, with China listed in the classifier metadata. Its commentary provides contextual background on dengue surveillance-system priorities but does not confirm or characterize a live surveillance signal.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 15 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.