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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]
By the end of the year, the total number of dengue cases had risen to 186,101. [1] Forty-three percent of cases were recorded in urban areas of the Western Province, such as the Colombo district. [2] The majority of dengue cases affected young people and school children. By the end of the year, the total number of dengue-related deaths reached 440.
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.
Dengue is a Flaviviridae virus, with five genetic types. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Here is the virus drawn as a 3-dimensional model of the envelope protein. [ 10 ] Dengue is in the same family as other well known viruses carried by mosquitoes that cause tropical diseases, such as yellow fever , West Nile , and Zika virus .
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.
The video went viral in Sri Lanka. After this juncture, each video he posted started becoming trending that the count of subscribers which was 35 000 in November 2018 accelerated to 100 000 by 1 January 2019. [6] In October 2019, his channel got banned from YouTube and the Google services for uploading a fan reaction video which got reported ...
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