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  • Public Health
  • Infectious Disease Dynamics

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  • Infectious disease outbreaks can overwhelm healthcare systems, necessitating clear definitions for response.
  • International guidelines often assume standardized outbreak characteristics: prolonged, high-caseload, extra-seasonal surges.
  • The heterogeneity of infectious disease dynamics challenges standardized outbreak definitions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test the assumption of standardized outbreak characteristics using dengue data from Brazil.
  • To evaluate the impact of different outbreak definitions on identifying and characterizing disease surges.
  • To assess the suitability of current definitions for early warning and intervention.

Main Methods:

  • Application of multiple candidate outbreak definitions to reported dengue case data.
  • Analysis of outbreak characteristics including frequency, duration, and case burden.
  • Comparison of the timeliness of outbreak onset across different definitions.

Main Results:

  • Outbreak characteristics were highly heterogeneous, varying in frequency, duration, and case burden.
  • Definitions differed in their ability to promptly identify outbreak onset.
  • Spatial and temporal variations in outbreak characteristics were observed across all definitions.

Conclusions:

  • Current standardized outbreak definitions may not be universally applicable due to heterogeneous disease dynamics.
  • Timeliness of outbreak detection varies significantly by definition, impacting early intervention capabilities.
  • Developing adaptable outbreak definitions that consider local healthcare capacities is essential for effective and generalizable guidelines.