Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Sri Lanka.
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.
Nawaratna
Sujeevi S K
SS
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. knava@pdn.ac.lk
Weilgama
Danister J
DJ
Wijekoon
Chandana J
CJ
Dissanayake
Manel
M
Rajapaksha
Kosala
K
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
D016054:DNA, Protozoan