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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.
Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections , an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered ...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning to doctors on Tuesday to be on the look out for cases of dengue. A surge in dengue cases globally is raising the risk that people ...
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 2017. [104] Sri Lankan health authorities warned that the country was facing a dengue epidemic with at least 301 patients dead. [105]
More than 6,800 cases of dengue have been reported nationally so far this year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Of those cases, more than 4,400 were ...
Most dengue fever patients recover in a week, but in severe cases the disease can be life-threatening and require hospitalization since it can result in shock, internal bleeding and even death.
Category: Disease outbreaks in Sri Lanka. 3 languages. ... 2017 dengue outbreak in Sri Lanka This page was last edited on 6 June 2020, at 00:26 (UTC). Text ...