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SUBMITTER: Tissera HA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7101108 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tissera Hasitha A HA Jayamanne Bernard D W BDW Raut Rajendra R Janaki Sakunthala M D SMD Tozan Yesim Y Samaraweera Preshila C PC Liyanage Prasad P Ghouse Azhar A Rodrigo Chaturaka C de Silva Aravinda M AM Fernando Sumadhya D SD
Emerging infectious diseases 20200401 4
In 2017, a dengue epidemic of unexpected magnitude occurred in Sri Lanka. A total of 186,101 suspected cases and 440 dengue-related deaths occurred. We conducted a comprehensive analysis of this epidemic by comparing national surveillance data for 2017 with data from the preceding 5 years. In all Sri Lanka districts, dengue incidence in 2017 increased significantly over incidence during the previous 5 years. Older schoolchildren and young adults were more clinically symptomatic than those at ext ...[more]