Assessment of arbovirus surveillance 13 Years after Introduction of West Nile Virus, United States
Autor(es): Hadler James L, Patel Dhara, Nasci Roger S, Petersen Lyle R, Hughes James M, Bradley Kristy, Etkind Paul, Kan Lilly, Engel Jeffrey
Resumo: Before 1999, the United States had no appropriated funding for arboviral surveillance, - many states conducted no such surveillance. After emergence of West Nile virus (WNV), federal funding was distributed to state - selected local health departments to build WNV surveillance systems. The Council of State - Territorial Epidemiologists conducted assessments of surveillance capacity of resulting systems in 2004 - in 2012; the assessment in 2012 was conducted after a 61% decrease in federal funding. In 2004, nearly all states - assessed local health departments had well-developed animal, mosquito, - human surveillance systems to monitor WNV activity - anticipate outbreaks. In 2012, many health departments had decreased mosquito surveillance - laboratory testing capacity - had no systematic disease-based surveillance for other arboviruses. Arboviral surveillance in many states might no longer be sufficient to rapidly detect - provide information needed to fully respond to WNV outbreaks - other arboviral threats (e.g., dengue, chikungunya).
Palavras-Chave: United States; West Nile virus; Arboviruses; Capacity building; Health departments; Mosquito-borne encephalitis; Surveillance; Vector-borne infections; Viruses
Imprenta: Emerging Infectious Diseases, v. 21, n. 7, p. 1159-1166, 2015
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.3201/eid2107.140858
Descritores: Chikungunya virus - Arbovirus ; Chikungunya virus - Flaviviridae ; Chikungunya virus - Pathogenesis ; Chikungunya virus - Viral infections ; Chikungunya Virus - Virus ; Chikungunya virus - Dengue ; Chikungunya virus - Epidemiology ; Chikungunya virus - Public health
Data de publicação: 2015
