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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, there was a rise in the number of dengue fever cases reported in the island country of Sri Lanka. The peak of the outbreak occurred during the mid-year monsoon season with more than 40,000 cases reported in July alone, far exceeding historical highs. By the end of the year, the total number of dengue cases had risen to 186,101. [1]
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...