Emergence of Epidemic Dengue-1 Virus in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka.

• Main Authors: Champica K Bodinayake (Author), L Gayani Tillekeratne (Author), Ajith Nagahawatte (Author), Vasantha Devasiri (Author), Wasantha Kodikara Arachichi (Author), John J Strouse (Author), October M Sessions (Author), Ruvini Kurukulasooriya (Author), Anna Uehara (Author), Shiqin Howe (Author), Xin Mei Ong (Author), Sharon Tan (Author), Angelia Chow (Author), Praveen Tummalapalli (Author), Aruna D De Silva (Author), Truls Østbye (Author), Christopher W Woods (Author), Duane J Gubler (Author), Megan E Reller (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Dengue is a frequent cause of acute febrile illness with an expanding global distribution. Since the 1960s, dengue in Sri Lanka has been documented primarily along the heavily urbanized western coast with periodic shifting of serotypes. Outbreaks from 2005-2008 were attributed to a new cl...