Expert Recommendations to Strengthen Chikungunya Outbreak Surveillance and Reporting for Traveler Health Protection
Daniel C. Payne, Karoun H. Bagamian, Jeffery Goad, Nathan D. Grubaugh, Michael A. Johansson, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Eyal Leshem, Francesca F. Norman, Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales, Henrik Salje, Stephen Thomas, Scott C. Weaver, Lindsey A. Laytner, Rebecca Sturgis, Suzanne K. Scheele, Davidson H. Hamer · 2026
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Daniel C. Payne and team wrote expert advice to strengthen chikungunya outbreak tracking and reports for visitor health. Their 2026 paper notes that the virus, a crippling bug-borne disease, has surged in the past two decades, with outbreaks growing rapidly and weighing on warm and subtropical regions and tourists. Health staff need timely, exact outbreak information, yet finding is often weakest where outbreaks are most likely, causing test and reports delays.
The panel checked tracking and reports tools and found no single tool sufficient: judging outbreak risk requires combining multiple local and international sources. Challenges included weak tracking infrastructure and test capacity, varying case definitions, limited understanding of local health contexts, low awareness in health care settings, and restricted or delayed access to real-time data. The advice aim to improve timely, sensitive, specific testing and rapid communication to clinicians and tourists, especially in resource-poor regions.
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| CREATOR | Daniel C. Payne, Karoun H. Bagamian, Jeffery Goad, Nathan D. Grubaugh, Michael A. Johansson, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Eyal Leshem, Francesca F. Norman, Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales, Henrik Salje, Stephen Thomas, Scott C. Weaver, Lindsey A. Laytner, Rebecca Sturgis, Suzanne K. Scheele, Davidson H. Hamer |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 62 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |