Estimating the burden of leptospirosis in Sri Lanka; a systematic review

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 5 Reported death rates in Sri Lanka

Year	Study setting	Total no. of patients	Suspected	Confirmed	Deaths	Death rate by confirmed cases	Citation
1967	Rathnapura	60	0	60	2	3.33%	[57]
1974	Ragama	81	13	68	8	11.8%	[21]
2008	Colombo	45	0	45	15	33.3%	[36]
2011	Kandy, Mathale, Kegalle	401	246	155	3	1.9%	[38]
2011	Peradeniya	227	0	227	33	14.5%	[20]
2013	Colombo	40	40	40	1	2.5%	[42]
2014	ICU patients in selected hospitals	20	20	19	1	5.3%	[45]
2015	Kaluthara	45	0	45	20	44.4%	[19]
2016	Colombo, Homagama	232	0	232	7	3.0%	[58]^a
2016	Colombo, Homagama	221	829	221	3	1.3%	[55]

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