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Sri Lanka’s early success in the containment of COVID-19 through its rapid response: Clinical & epidemiological evidence from the initial case series

BACKGROUND: Despite the rising global burden, Sri Lanka reported a relatively low caseload and mortality (13 deaths as of 20 October 2020) for COVID-19. This warrants exploration of the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the case series during the initial passive case detection phase in...

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Autores principales:	Arambepola, Carukshi, Wickramasinghe, Nuwan Darshana, Jayakody, Surangi, Hewage, Sumudu Avanthi, Wijewickrema, Ananda, Gunawardena, Nalika, Dhanapala, Sapumal, Prathapan, Shamini
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2021
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8321098/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34324587 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255394

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