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

Madunil Anuk Niriella | Zendy; Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera | Zendy; A. P. De Silva | Zendy; B H R Premarathna | Zendy; Saroj Jayasinghe | Zendy; H. J. de Silva | Zendy

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

Author(s) -

Madunil Anuk Niriella,

Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera,

A. P. De Silva,

B H R Premarathna,

Saroj Jayasinghe,

H. J. de Silva

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725

H-Index - 105

eISSN - 1878-3503

pISSN - 0035-9203

DOI - 10.1093/trstmh/trab058

Subject(s) - dengue fever , leptospirosis , outbreak , sri lanka , incidence (geometry) , pandemic , public health , virology , environmental health , quarter (canadian coin) , covid-19 , coronavirus , dengue virus , medicine , geography , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , physics , nursing , archaeology , environmental planning , optics , tanzania

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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