Costs of Dengue Control Activities and Hospitalizations in the Public Health Sector during an Epidemic Year in Urban Sri Lanka.

• Main Authors: Neil Thalagala (Author), Hasitha Tissera (Author), Paba Palihawadana (Author), Ananda Amarasinghe (Author), Anuradha Ambagahawita (Author), Annelies Wilder-Smith (Author), Donald S Shepard (Author), Yeşim Tozan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Reported as a public health problem since the 1960s in Sri Lanka, dengue has become a high priority disease for public health authorities. The Ministry of Health is responsible for controlling dengue and other disease outbreaks and associated health care. The involvement of large numbers of public h...