Outbreak of severe acute respiratory infection in Southern Province, Sri Lanka in 2018: a cross-sectional study.
Sky VanderburgGaya WijayaratneNayomi DanthanarayanaJude JayamahaBhagya PiyasiriChathurangi HalloluwaTianchen ShengSujeewa AmarasenaRuvini KurukulasooriyaBradly P NicholsonJoseph S M PeirisGregory C GraySunethra GunasenaAjith NagahawatteChampica K BodinayakeChristopher W WoodsVasantha DevasiriL Gayani TillekeratnePublished in: BMJ open (2020)
This is the first report of intense cocirculation of multiple respiratory viruses as a cause of an outbreak of severe acute respiratory illness in Sri Lanka, and the first time that AdV has been documented as a cause of a respiratory outbreak in the country. Our results emphasise the need for continued vigilance in surveying for known and emerging respiratory viruses in the tropics.
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