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

• Main Authors: Thalagala, Neil, Tissera, Hasitha, Palihawadana, Paba, Amarasinghe, Ananda, Ambagahawita, Anuradha, Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Shepard, Donald S., Tozan, Yeşim
• Other Authors: Bingham, Andrea
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80259; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40406
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: 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...