First Evidence from Sri Lanka for Subphenotypic Diversity within -Induced Classical Cutaneous Leishmaniasis.

Sri Lanka reports a large focus of -induced cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) with CL as the main clinical entity. Two independent, long existed, and clinicoepidemiologically different transmission foci in the northern region (NR) and southern region (SR) were recently reported. Current project is an extension to this previous study.

First Evidence for Two Independent and Different Leishmaniasis Transmission Foci in Sri Lanka: Recent Introduction or Long-Term Existence?

Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by a genetic variant of is being reported from Sri Lanka since year 2001. Patients presented from different geographical locations (600 patients from North or South and a minority of cases from other foci, 2001-2013) were studied. Analysis revealed two different sociodemographic and clinical profiles of leishmaniasis in Northern and Southern Sri Lanka.

Trends in Recently Emerged Induced Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Sri Lanka, for the First 13 Years.

Sri Lanka reports a large epidemic of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by an atypical while regional leishmaniasis elimination drive aims at achieving its targets in 2020. Visceralization, mucotrophism, and CL associated poor treatment response were recently reported. Long-term clinico-epidemiological trends (2001-2013) in this focus were examined for the first time.

A case report of co-infection of Melioidosis and cutaneous Leishmaniasis.

Background: Leishmaniasis and melioidosis are frequently reported from the North Central Province of Sri Lanka. However, only one case of co-infection of the two diseases has been reported to date over the world. This is a case report of a patient who had co-infection with cutaneous leishmaniasis and melioidosis and was successfully treated and recovered from the illness.