Figure 8.

Airport-level final destination of international travellers from dengue affected areas. Reprinted with permission from [3].Disease and vector dispersal through international air traffic is the inevitable consequence of globalization. Pathogen introduction is difficult to intercept and public health has to resort to early detection, rapid response and effective control measures in order to contain potential dengue establishment and spread [53,69]. The approach presented here could be translated to other settings in support of integrated surveillance of human cases and vectors [3,10,70]. Such empirical models lend themselves to guide public health responses and can be developed into early warning systems of emerging risks [21,71].