title: Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Sri Lanka.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. knava@pdn.ac.lk
authors.forename: Sujeevi S K
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Nawaratna
authors.forename: Danister J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Weilgama
authors.forename: Chandana J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Wijekoon
authors.forename: Manel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dissanayake
authors.forename: Kosala
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rajapaksha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D008875:Middle Aged; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity; D013188:Sri Lanka / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan