The role of new dengue vaccines in curtailing the emerging global threat of dengue outbreaks arising from mass gathering sporting and religious events

• Eskild Petersen,
• Linzy Elton,
• Najmul Haider,
• Timothy D. McHugh,
• Osman Dar,
• Avinash Sharma,
• Pam Luka,
• Tieble Traore,
• Edgar Simulundu,
• Esam I. Azhar,
• Francine Ntoumi,
• Moses J. Bockarie,
• Ziad A. Memish,
• Alimuddin Zumla

Affiliations

Eskild Petersen

Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark; PandemiX Center, Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Denmark; International Society for Infectious Diseases; Corresponding author. Professor Eskild Petersen

Linzy Elton

Centre for Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK

Najmul Haider

School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, UK

Timothy D. McHugh

Centre for Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK

Osman Dar

Global Operations, UK Health Security Agency, London, UK; Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, UK

Avinash Sharma

National Centre for Microbial Resource, BRIC-National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, India

Pam Luka

National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria

Tieble Traore

Emergency Preparedness and Response Program, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, Dakar Hub, Dakar, Senegal

Edgar Simulundu

Department of Disease Control, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia; Macha Research Trust, Choma, Zambia

Esam I. Azhar

Special Infectious Agents Unit BSL-3, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Francine Ntoumi

Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale (FCRM), Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Moses J. Bockarie

International Society for Infectious Diseases; College of Medical Sciences, Njala University, Bo, Sierra Leone

Ziad A. Memish

College of Medicine, Al Faisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory, University, Atlanta, USA

Alimuddin Zumla

Centre for Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, UK; National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK