Estimating the burden of leptospirosis in Sri Lanka; a systematic review.
Janith Niwanthaka WarnasekaraIresha KoralegedaraSuneth AgampodiPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)
Our systematic review shows gross underestimation of the true leptospirosis burden in the national statistics of Sri Lanka, and the hospitalization rates estimated in our study were compatible with the total burden estimate of 300·6 (95% CI 96·54-604·23) per 100,000 people published previously.