Severe Dengue Epidemic, Sri Lanka, 2017

Abstract

G lobal incidence of dengue has increased 7-fold, from 8.3 million cases in 1990 to >58.4 million in 2013 (1). Currently, 390 million new infections occur annually in 128 dengue-endemic countries (2). Worldwide, 14,000-20,000 dengue-related deaths occur each year (1,2). In dengue-endemic countries, Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti and Ae. (Stegomyia) albopictus mosquito vectors transmit the disease.