Dengue and leptospirosis infection during the coronavirus 2019 outbreak in Sri Lanka
| dc.contributor.author | Niriella, M.A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ediriweera, D.S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | de Silva, A.P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Premaratna, B.A.H.R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jayasinghe, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | de Silva, H.J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-03T06:07:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-05-03T06:07:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description | Indexed in MEDLINE | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.2021; 115(9):944-946 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0035-9203 (Print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1878-3503 (Electronic) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0035-9203 (Linking) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/22179 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en_US |
| dc.subject | dengue | en_US |
| dc.title | Dengue and leptospirosis infection during the coronavirus 2019 outbreak in Sri Lanka | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |