Abstract

ALFONSO, Pastor; PERERA GONZALEZ, Carmen Laura  and  CANALES BECERRA, Haymee. Animal influenza in the Caribbean: a systematic review of research and surveillance. Rev Salud Anim. [online]. 2020, vol.42, n.3, e01.  Epub Dec 01, 2020. ISSN 0253-570X.

Current influenza surveillance and pandemic mitigation strategies, addressing One Health from a global perspective, demand a broader geographic capacity for research and surveillance on animal influenza viruses (IVs). The aim of this work was to characterize the temporal and geographic shape of research and surveillance on animal IVs in the Caribbean region. A retrospective study, based on the PRISMA statement, was conducted to systematically review the peer reviewed articles on animal IVs generated in Caribbean countries from January 1950 to March 2019. References were obtained from PubMed Central and Sciendirect databases, whereas Academic Google and some animal disease databases were used as supplementary data sources. The selection process identified 32 articles or disease reports generated from 2007 to March 2019, which averaged 2.66/year. There was an overall trend of increased numbers of articles over time, although it varied among topics. The diagnosis embodied the majority of studies (14, 43.75 %) and the scattering by species showed a vast predominance of those targeting avian (wild bird and poultry) species with respect to swine and horses. The disease reports were restricted to avian influenza (AIV) in poultry with five notifications submitted by three different countries (Dominican Republic, Haiti and Belize), which were all due to an H5N2 low pathogenic (LP) AIV. This systematic review suggested the need of a further increase in scientific studies on animal influenza generated in the Caribbean based on risk assessment and networking through international collaboration.

Keywords : One Health; influenza; surveillance; Caribbean.

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