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Spatial and temporal patterns of cholera outbreaks in Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Ratnayake, R.M.K.
dc.date.accessioned 2018-11-08T07:24:21Z
dc.date.available 2018-11-08T07:24:21Z
dc.date.issued 2017-03
dc.identifier.citation Ratnayake, R.M.K., (2017), "Spatial and temporal patterns of cholera outbreaks in Sri Lanka", International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol.4 (3), 9-13 pp. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2349-4182
dc.identifier.issn 2349-5979
dc.identifier.uri http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/7164
dc.description.abstract Attached en_US
dc.description.abstract Among the medical health problems faced by Sri Lanka, the prevalence of cholera is in many parts of the island. Although in the recent past cholera was not considered a dreaded disease, the country had experienced a recorded history of cholera back from 1841. From time to time cholera reached epidemic proportions. Regional variations can also be observed in the distribution of the disease during those periods. The objective of this study is to analyse the spatial and temporal pattern of the cholera outbreak in Sri Lanka. Data for the study was obtained from numerous secondary sources, unpublished theses and from filed work conducted in North Colombo and the Kurunegala District. Two major high risk areas were identified viz; the underserved areas in the Colombo and suburban area and the Dry Zone district. In urban areas, there are lack of sanitation facilities and in Dry Zone the floods and drought is the main courses for the cholera epidemic.
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher ResearchGate en_US
dc.subject cholera, epidemic, disease, sanitation, medical geography en_US
dc.title Spatial and temporal patterns of cholera outbreaks in Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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