Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Sri Lanka

Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Jul;13(7):1068-70. doi: 10.3201/eid1307.070227.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • DNA, Protozoan / chemistry
  • DNA, Protozoan / genetics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leishmania donovani / isolation & purification*
  • Leishmania donovani / pathogenicity
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / epidemiology*
  • Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / pathology*
  • Male
  • Microsatellite Repeats
  • Middle Aged
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Species Specificity
  • Sri Lanka / epidemiology

Substances

  • DNA, Protozoan