Cases for which arbovirus laboratory testing is performed

Cases for which laboratory testing is performed by transmission period (ref Q15)

Country

Outbreak periodsa

Non-outbreak periodsa

Bangladesh

A

S

Bhutan

S

A

India

S

A

Indonesia

A

A

Maldives

A

S

Myanmar

S

S

Nepal

S

S

Sri Lanka

S

S

Thailand

A

A

Timor-Leste

A

A

aA = All suspect cases tested ; S = Subset of suspect cases tested ; N = No suspect cases tested


Viruses for which the national laboratory confirmed cases

Virus diagnostic confirmatory testing performed by the national laboratory (ref Q16)

Country

Arbovirus(es)a

Bangladesh

CHIKV, DENV

Bhutan

DENV, CHIKV, JEV

India

CHIKV, DENV, ZIKV, JEV

Indonesia

CHIKV, DENV, JEV

Maldives

CHIKV, DENV

Myanmar

CHIKV, DENV, ZIKV, JEV

Nepal

DENV

Sri Lanka

For dengue and Japanese encephalitis viruses. At national level, serotyping is conducted at Medical Research Institute, Ministry of Health and Centre for Dengue Research, University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Thailand

CHIKV, DENV, ZIKV, JEV

Timor-Leste

In 2021 and 2022, positive cases were not confirmed by national reference laboratory. However, for year 2023 positive cases of dengue were confirmed by the reference laboratory.

aCCHFV = Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever virus; CHIKV = chikungunya virus; DENV = dengue virus; EEEV = Eastern equine encephalitis virus; MAYV = Mayaro virus; OROV = Oropouche virus; RVFV = Rift Valley fever virus; SFFV = Sand fly fever virus (Naples, Sicilian); TBEV = Tick-borne encephalitis virus; TOSV = Toscana virus; VEEV = Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus; WNV = West Nile virus; YFV = yellow fever virus