Laboratory-Enhanced Dengue Sentinel Surveillance in Colombo District, Sri Lanka: 2012-2014

• Main Authors: Tissera, Hasitha, Amarasinghe, Ananda, Gunasena, Sunethra, DeSilva, Aruna Dharshan, Yee, Leong Wei, Sessions, October, Muthukuda, Chanaka, Palihawadana, Paba, Lohr, Wolfgang, Byass, Peter, Gubler, Duane J., Wilder-Smith, Annelies
• Other Authors: Bingham, Andrea
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Sri Langka; Infectious disease surveillance; Diagnostic medicine; Government Laboratories; Clinical laboratories; Disease surveillance; Dengue fever; Research laboratories
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80260; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40407
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Introduction: Dengue has emerged as a significant public health problem in Sri Lanka. Historically surveillance was passive, with mandatory dengue notifications based on clinical diagnosis with only limited laboratory confirmation. To obtain more accurate data on the disease burden of dengue, we set...