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The dengue pandemic in Sri Lanka is part of the tropical disease dengue fever pandemic. Dengue fever is caused by Dengue virus, first recorded in the 1960s. It is not a native disease in this island. Present-day dengue has become a major public health problem. Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are both mosquito species native to Sri Lanka.
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]
In Sri Lanka, there were 180,000 reported cases in 2017. [102] The majority of cases being reported from the Western province. The highest numbers of dengue cases were reported during the 20 week of 2017. [103] Sri Lankan health authorities warned that the country was facing a dengue epidemic with at least 301 patients dead. [104]
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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 ...
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In Singapore, there were 15,998 reported cases of dengue fever in 2019, five times more than in 2018 but fewer than previous outbreaks in 2013 and 2014. [ 16 ] 2020 started off with a four-year high in the number of people infected with dengue in the first six weeks of the year [ 17 ] and eventually broke records for both the number of reported ...
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