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Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka

BACKGROUND: Leishmaniasis, a vector borne tropical/subtropical disease caused by the protozoan Leishmania is transmitted to humans by sandfly vectors Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia. The principal form found in Sri Lanka is cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and is caused by Leishmania donovani. A rising trend...

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Autores principales:	Iddawela, Devika, Vithana, Sanura Malinda Pallegoda, Atapattu, Dhilma, Wijekoon, Lanka
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2018
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5838877/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29510669 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-2999-7

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