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Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Sri Lanka |
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| Authors: | Nawaratna Sujeevi S K Weilgama Danister J Wijekoon Chandana J Dissanayake Manel Rajapaksha Kosala |
| Affiliation: | Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. knava@pdn.ac.lk |
| Abstract: | Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is an emerging disease in Sri Lanka. Of 116 patients with clinical symptoms suggestive of CL, 86 were confirmed positive for Leishmania donovani. Most patients had single dry lesions, usually on the face. Patients were from 5 of the 7 agroclimatic zones in Sri Lanka. |
| Keywords: | Leishmania donovani cutaneous leishmaniasis Sri Lanka geographic distribution clinical presentation dispatch |
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