New Study Alert! A recent study investigates the link between childhood obesity and increased hospitalizations due to dengue in Sri Lanka. Among 4782 children aged 10 to 18, those with higher BMI percentiles had a significantly higher risk of hospitalization. Specifically, 18.2% of seropositive children with a BMI centile >97th were hospitalized, compared to 9.48%...Read More

The new variant of dengue spreading in Sri Lanka may cause a surge in the number of dengue cases, warned Prof. Chandima Jeewandara, the Head of the Department of Immunology, Allergy and Molecular Medicine at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Prof. Jeewandara urged people to be aware of the breeding sites of dengue mosquitoes to...Read More

As two pandemic years pass by and an emerging surge of dengue with the increases of public mobility, the healthcare system could see a light at the end of the tunnel in fighting with dengue with the potential dengue vaccine. Prof Neelika Malavige – Head of Scientific Affairs and the dengue programme at the Drugs...Read More

“Nature” journal has published an article focusing on Immunologist Neelika Malavige’s study of a massive dengue-fever outbreak is being hampered by fuel shortages and power cuts on July 15, 2022 based on the interview Smriti Mallapaty had with Prof Malavige. Following is the whole article Nature News Q&A published in Nature website. “Sri Lanka is...Read More