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

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Title:	Dengue and leptospirosis infection during the coronavirus 2019 outbreak in Sri Lanka
Authors:	Niriella, M.A. Ediriweera, D.S. de Silva, A.P. Premaratna, B.A.H.R. Jayasinghe, S. de Silva, H.J.
Keywords:	dengue
Issue Date:	2021
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Citation:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.2021; 115(9):944-946
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.
Description:	Indexed in MEDLINE
URI:	http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/22179
ISSN:	0035-9203 (Print) 1878-3503 (Electronic) 0035-9203 (Linking)
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