Sri Lanka reports 8,900 dengue cases in 1st two months of 2019
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#4AAP4)
Sri Lanka health officials are reporting 8,904 dengue fever through the end of February 2019. Colombo (2017), Jaffna (1354) and Gampaha (1093) districts have seen the most cases. Dengue fever is an infectious disease carried by mosquitoes and caused by any of four related dengue viruses (DENV-2 serotype is prevalent in this outbreak). This disease used to be called "break-bone fever" because it sometimes causes ["]
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