The use of air travel data for predicting dengue importation to China: A modelling study
The use of air travel data for predicting dengue importation to China: A modelling study
Background
Dengue virus importation from abroad is still the main driver of dengue incidence in China. Using global flight data to model importation may improve our understanding and prediction of dengue virus importation and onward transmission.
Methods
A retrospective analysis was performed of surveillance cases of dengue infections imported to China and volume of air traffic to China for the years 2005 through 2014, inclusive. The data were aggregated by year, destination province, and source country. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and a random effects negative binomial model was created to predict the number of imported cases based on the volume of travelers from dengue-endemic countries.
Results
There were 1,822 cases of imported dengue infections over the study period. Most imported cases are from a small number of high-incidence countries with a large volume of travel to China, most notably Myanmar (22% of cases). The number of imported cases of dengue infections increased by 5.9% for every 10% increase in travel volume from dengue-endemic countries.
Conclusion
Patterns of air travel have a measurable impact on the importation of dengue to China. Modelling dengue importation risk may be a useful strategy to direct public health surveillance and interventions.
Dengue, Air travel, Epidemics, Communicable diseases, Imported, China, Arboviruses, Travel-related illness
Findlater, Aidan
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Moineddin, Rahim
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Kain, Dylan
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Yang, Juan
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Wang, Xiling
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Lai, Shengjie
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Khan, Kamran
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Bogoch, Isaac I.
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Moineddin, Rahim
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Kain, Dylan
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Yang, Juan
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Wang, Xiling
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Lai, Shengjie
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Khan, Kamran
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Bogoch, Isaac I.
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Findlater, Aidan, Moineddin, Rahim, Kain, Dylan, Yang, Juan, Wang, Xiling, Lai, Shengjie, Khan, Kamran and Bogoch, Isaac I.
(2019)
The use of air travel data for predicting dengue importation to China: A modelling study.
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease.
(doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2019.07.002).
Abstract
Background
Dengue virus importation from abroad is still the main driver of dengue incidence in China. Using global flight data to model importation may improve our understanding and prediction of dengue virus importation and onward transmission.
Methods
A retrospective analysis was performed of surveillance cases of dengue infections imported to China and volume of air traffic to China for the years 2005 through 2014, inclusive. The data were aggregated by year, destination province, and source country. Descriptive statistics were calculated, and a random effects negative binomial model was created to predict the number of imported cases based on the volume of travelers from dengue-endemic countries.
Results
There were 1,822 cases of imported dengue infections over the study period. Most imported cases are from a small number of high-incidence countries with a large volume of travel to China, most notably Myanmar (22% of cases). The number of imported cases of dengue infections increased by 5.9% for every 10% increase in travel volume from dengue-endemic countries.
Conclusion
Patterns of air travel have a measurable impact on the importation of dengue to China. Modelling dengue importation risk may be a useful strategy to direct public health surveillance and interventions.
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Submitted date: 18 June 2019
Accepted/In Press date: 3 July 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 5 July 2019
Keywords:
Dengue, Air travel, Epidemics, Communicable diseases, Imported, China, Arboviruses, Travel-related illness
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Local EPrints ID: 432502
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/432502
ISSN: 1477-8939
PURE UUID: b9b02cf6-0b6c-4c18-aab3-5d088f4836bb
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Aidan Findlater
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Rahim Moineddin
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Dylan Kain
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Juan Yang
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Xiling Wang
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Kamran Khan
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Isaac I. Bogoch
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