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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… Click to show full 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:
sri lanka;
leptospirosis;
leptospirosis infection;
dengue leptospirosis;
infection coronavirus
Journal Title: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Year Published: 2021
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Journal Title: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Year Published: 2021
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