Dengue and leptospirosis infection during the coronavirus 2019 outbreak in Sri Lanka
Madunil Anuk Niriella, Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera, A. P. De Silva, B H R Premarathna, Saroj Jayasinghe, H. J. de Silva
2021Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene23 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF
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.
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Dengue feverLeptospirosisOutbreakSri lankaIncidence (geometry)PandemicPublic healthVirologyEnvironmental healthQuarter (Canadian coin)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)CoronavirusDengue virusMedicineGeographyDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicineEnvironmental planningTanzaniaOpticsPhysicsNursingArchaeologyMosquito-borne diseases and controlViral Infections and VectorsLeptospirosis research and findings