Dengue and leptospirosis infection during the coronavirus 2019 outbreak in Sri Lanka

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2021

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Oxford University Press

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ABSTRACT: A significant decrease in dengue fever cases and a contrasting increase in leptospirosis cases were reported for the second quarter of 2020 compared with 2019 in Sri Lanka. In the absence of significant environmental and weather-related differences to account for these changes in incidence, we investigated the possibility that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on public health, social behaviour and the restrictions imposed during the lockdown influenced the fluctuations in dengue and leptospirosis infections. KEYWORDS: COVID-19; dengue fever; leptospirosis; pandemic; tropical infections.

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dengue

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.2021; 115(9):944-946

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