Victorian Infectious Disease Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia.
Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2009 Jan;11(1):51-8. doi: 10.1007/s11908-009-0008-4.
The establishment of collaborative sentinel surveillance networks specifically to monitor disease trends among travelers offers new options for evaluating travel health issues. These networks can inform pre- and posttravel patient management by providing complementary surveillance information, facilitating communication and collaboration between participating network sites, and enabling new analytical options for travel-related research. The two major multinational sentinel networks are TropNetEurop and GeoSentinel. Practical examples demonstrating their significant contributions to improved travel health information are discussed. Data obtained from studying health problems among travelers may also have significant benefits for local populations in resource-limited countries. However, there are limitations of data collected by sentinel networks, so they should be considered as complementary tools and not relied on as an exclusive basis for evaluating health risks among travelers.
专门建立合作型哨点监测网络来监测旅行者中的疾病趋势，为评估旅行健康问题提供了新的选择。这些网络可以通过提供补充监测信息、促进参与网络站点之间的沟通和协作以及为与旅行相关的研究提供新的分析选项，为旅行前和旅行后患者管理提供信息。两个主要的跨国哨点监测网络是 TropNetEurop 和 GeoSentinel。讨论了这些网络为改进旅行健康信息做出的重要贡献的实际例子。从研究旅行者健康问题中获得的数据也可能对资源有限国家的当地居民有重要的益处。然而，哨点监测网络收集的数据存在局限性，因此，应将其视为补充工具，而不是作为评估旅行者健康风险的唯一依据。
