| seasonality and insecticide susceptibility of dengue vectors: an ovitrap based survey in a residential area of northern sri lanka. | with the backdrop of a high incidence of dengue in jaffna district, sri lanka, an ovitrap based survey was carried out from may 2005 to april 2006 in a residential area to study the seasonality and insecticide susceptibility of aedes aegypti and ae. albopictus. conventional ovitraps were placed inside and outside of 10 randomly selected houses to collect indoor breeding and outdoor breeding aedes mosquitoes; collections took place fortnightly. a total of 3075 ae. aegypti and 2665 ae. albopictus ... | 2007 | 17539277 |
| salinity-tolerant larvae of mosquito vectors in the tropical coast of jaffna, sri lanka and the effect of salinity on the toxicity of bacillus thuringiensis to aedes aegypti larvae. | dengue, chikungunya, malaria, filariasis and japanese encephalitis are common mosquito-borne diseases endemic to sri lanka. aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus, the major vectors of dengue, were recently shown to undergo pre-imaginal development in brackish water bodies in the island. a limited survey of selected coastal localities of the jaffna district in northern sri lanka was carried out to identify mosquito species undergoing pre-imaginal development in brackish and saline waters. the effect ... | 2012 | 23174003 |
| space-time clustering characteristics of dengue based on ecological, socio-economic and demographic factors in northern sri lanka. | the aim of the present study was to identify geographical areas and time periods of potential clusters of dengue cases based on ecological, socio-economic and demographic factors in northern sri lanka from january 2010 to december 2013. remote sensing (rs) was used to develop an index comprising rainfall, humidity and temperature data. remote sensing data gathered by the avnir-2 instrument onboard the alos satellite were used to detect urbanisation, and a digital land cover map was used to extra ... | 2015 | 26618322 |
| demographic and clinical features of suspected dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever in the northern province of sri lanka, a region afflicted by an internal conflict for more than 30 years-a retrospective analysis. | the aim of this study was to determine the demographic, clinical, and notification data of suspected dengue fever (df) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (dhf) cases admitted to jaffna teaching hospital, sri lanka. | 2014 | 25108077 |