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Dengue was first serologically confirmed in the country in 1962. A Chikungunya outbreak followed in 1965. In the early 1970s two type of dengue dominated in Sri Lanka: DENV-1 type1 and DENV-2 type 2. A total of 51 cases and 15 deaths were reported in 1965–1968. From 1989 onward, dengue fever has become endemic in Sri Lanka. [4]
In 2017, Sri Lanka experienced its largest outbreak of dengue fever, a neglected tropical disease, since the first recorded case in 1962. [3] [4] [5] This biological hazard, transmitted via female mosquito bites, resulted in 186,101 dengue cases, a significant increase compared to previous years (see table below), and let to 440 deaths.
A Dengue fever outbreak in the Indian state of Kerala in May and June 2017 had caused 6808 confirmed infections and 13 deaths by June 16. [102] In Sri Lanka, there were 180,000 reported cases in 2017. [103] The majority of cases being reported from the Western province. The highest numbers of dengue cases were reported during the 20 week of ...
PAHO, a United Nations agency, has confirmed more than 5.2 million cases of dengue across the Americas this year, an over 48% jump from the 3.5 million cases the group reported late last month.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Dengue cases in the Americas rose in the first three months of this year by three times the number of infections reported in the same period last year, the head of the Pan ...
2017 dengue outbreak in Sri Lanka: 2017 Sri Lanka: Dengue fever: 440 [293] 2018 Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala: 2018 India Nipah virus infection: 17 [294] Kivu Ebola epidemic: 2018–2020 Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda: Ebola: 2,280 [295] [296] [297] 2018 NDM-CRE outbreak in Italy 2018–2019 Italy
The UN agency said the number of cases in the Americas exceeded 7 million by the end of April, already surpassing the annual high of 4.6 million in 2023. In comparison, over 7.6 million dengue ...
In Latin America, 2019 was a record-setting dengue fever outbreak, with more than 2.7 million cases and 1206 deaths during the first 10 months of 2019. [25] [26] As of 2023, cases and Deaths of dengue fever reached up to 3 million cases and 1302 deaths.