Estimates of Dengue Force of Infection in Children in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Clarence C Tam, Hasitha Tissera, Aravinda M de Silva, Aruna Dharshan De Silva, Harold S Margolis and Ananda Amarasinge

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013, vol. 7, issue 6, 1-7

Abstract: Dengue is the most important vector-borne viral disease worldwide and a major cause of childhood fever burden in Sri Lanka, which has experienced a number of large epidemics in the past decade. Despite this, data on the burden and transmission of dengue virus in the Indian Subcontinent are lacking. As part of a longitudinal fever surveillance study, we conducted a dengue seroprevalence survey among children aged

Date: 2013
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