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Entomological surveillance with viral tracking demonstrates a migrated viral strain caused dengue epidemic in July, 2017 in Sri Lanka.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Withanage Gayan P, Hapuarachchi Hapuarachchige C, Viswakula Sameera D, Gunawardena Y I Nilmini Silva, Hapugoda Menaka
Abstract excerpt
Dengue is the most important mosquito-borne viral infection disease in Sri Lanka triggering extensive economic and social burden in the country. Even after numerous source reduction programmes, more than 30,000 incidences are reporting in the country every year. The last and greatest dengue epidemic in the country was reported in July, 2017 with more than 300 dengue related deaths and the highest number of dengue...
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