Massive hepatitis A outbreak in Sri Lanka in 2009: an indication of increasing susceptibility and epidemiological shift?
<p>Sri Lanka experienced an unprecedented outbreak of hepatitis A in 2009. We extracted data from different sources to get a proper estimate of actual disease incidence during that period. This data show a total number of 13,477 cases in 2009 which is one of the largest outbreaks in recent his...
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| description | <p>Sri Lanka experienced an unprecedented outbreak of hepatitis A in 2009. We extracted data from different sources to get a proper estimate of actual disease incidence during that period. This data show a total number of 13,477 cases in 2009 which is one of the largest outbreaks in recent history. We confirmed the etiological diagnosis as hepatitis A among armed forces towards the end of the outbreak. This massive outbreak shows the potential risk of future outbreaks due to epidemiological shifts of hepatitis A infection in Sri Lanka.</p><p class="Default">DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v3i2.5640">http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v3i2.5640</a></p> <p class="Default"><em>Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 2013; Vol.3(2):28-30</em></p><p> </p><p> </p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8782c5644531478bac2d61c724e028802022-12-22T04:11:58ZengSri Lankan Society for MicrobiologySri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases2012-81692448-96542013-08-0132283010.4038/sljid.v3i2.56404652Massive hepatitis A outbreak in Sri Lanka in 2009: an indication of increasing susceptibility and epidemiological shift?NJ Dahanayaka0T Kiyohara1SB Agampodi2Rajarata University of Sri LankaNational Institute of Infectious Diseases, NagasakiRajarata University of Sri Lanka<p>Sri Lanka experienced an unprecedented outbreak of hepatitis A in 2009. We extracted data from different sources to get a proper estimate of actual disease incidence during that period. This data show a total number of 13,477 cases in 2009 which is one of the largest outbreaks in recent history. We confirmed the etiological diagnosis as hepatitis A among armed forces towards the end of the outbreak. This massive outbreak shows the potential risk of future outbreaks due to epidemiological shifts of hepatitis A infection in Sri Lanka.</p><p class="Default">DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v3i2.5640">http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v3i2.5640</a></p> <p class="Default"><em>Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 2013; Vol.3(2):28-30</em></p><p> </p><p> </p>https://sljid.sljol.info/articles/5640hepatitis aoutbreaksri lankaendemic |
| spellingShingle | NJ Dahanayaka T Kiyohara SB Agampodi Massive hepatitis A outbreak in Sri Lanka in 2009: an indication of increasing susceptibility and epidemiological shift? Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases hepatitis a outbreak sri lanka endemic |
| title | Massive hepatitis A outbreak in Sri Lanka in 2009: an indication of increasing susceptibility and epidemiological shift? |
| title_full | Massive hepatitis A outbreak in Sri Lanka in 2009: an indication of increasing susceptibility and epidemiological shift? |
| title_fullStr | Massive hepatitis A outbreak in Sri Lanka in 2009: an indication of increasing susceptibility and epidemiological shift? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Massive hepatitis A outbreak in Sri Lanka in 2009: an indication of increasing susceptibility and epidemiological shift? |
| title_short | Massive hepatitis A outbreak in Sri Lanka in 2009: an indication of increasing susceptibility and epidemiological shift? |
| title_sort | massive hepatitis a outbreak in sri lanka in 2009 an indication of increasing susceptibility and epidemiological shift |
| topic | hepatitis a outbreak sri lanka endemic |
| url | https://sljid.sljol.info/articles/5640 |
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