Fig 1.
Flow chart outlining the search and review process, the records identified, included, and excluded as well as the reasons for exclusion.
Fig 2.
Publication year and geographic distribution of included studies (n = 60).
Bubble position shows year and WHO region; bubble color indicates disease (low-frequency (total = 1) diseases combined as “Others”); bubble size indicates number of studies (1 or 2).
Table 1.
Summary of burden metrics used in disease burden estimation, stratified by disease type and region.
Table 2.
Summary of covariates used in disease burden estimation.
Table 3.
Key recommendations for advancing acute tropical infectious disease burden estimation.