Clinical profile of leishmaniasis in Polonnaruwa district

Siriwardana, H.V.Y.D.; Leelarathne, S.H.; Kahawita, I.; Karunaweera, N.D.

dc.contributor.author	Siriwardana, H.V.Y.D.
dc.contributor.author	Leelarathne, S.H.
dc.contributor.author	Kahawita, I.
dc.contributor.author	Karunaweera, N.D.
dc.date.accessioned	2011-11-30T04:35:26Z
dc.date.available	2011-11-30T04:35:26Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.identifier.citation	Annual Research Proceedings, University of Colombo held on June 2011	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/536
dc.description.abstract	Sri Lanka is a new focus of human leishmaniasis caused by L. donovani. Over 2200 cases have been referred to General Hospital, Polonnaruwa for diagnosis. L.donovani is a 245 species known to be transmitted anthroponotically without the involvement of an animal reservoir. Hence early case detection and management is accepted as the main control strategy. To facilitate early case detection and management, accurate case description is important. It is best done at local level due to the wide spectrum of clinical manifestations in cutaneous leishmaniasis patients. This information is also necessary to enable more effective awareness programs, field screening programs and drug trials which are all timely needs in this field
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of Colombo	en_US
dc.title	Clinical profile of leishmaniasis in Polonnaruwa district	en_US
dc.type	Research paper	en_US