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Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka. an imported disease linked to the Middle East and African employment boom

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dc.contributor.author Naotunne, T. de S. en_US
dc.contributor.author Rajakulendran, S. en_US
dc.contributor.author Abeyewickreme, W. en_US
dc.contributor.author Kulasiri, C.D. en_US
dc.contributor.author Perera, J. en_US
dc.contributor.author Premaratne, U.N. en_US
dc.contributor.author Attygalle, D. en_US
dc.contributor.author Mendis, K.N. en_US
dc.contributor.author Wanniarachchi, P. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2014-10-29T09:10:09Z
dc.date.available 2014-10-29T09:10:09Z
dc.date.issued 1990 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Tropical and Geographical Medicine. 1990; 42(1): pp.72-4 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0041-3232 (Print) en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1134
dc.description Indexed in MEDLINE
dc.description.abstract Cutaneous leishmaniasis acquired by two Sri Lankan nationals while they were employed in Iraq and Northern Nigeria respectively constitutes examples of an imported disease related to the 'Middle East and African employment boom'. In both cases the diagnoses were confirmed by demonstrating the parasites in smears from the lesions and in tissue sections, and by culturing the parasites in vitro. Since leishmaniasis, neither visceral nor cutaneous is prevalent in Sri Lanka the risks of 'introduced' diseases is discussed here in the context of these two cases. en_US
dc.publisher Foundation Tropical and Geographical Medicine en_US
dc.subject Leishmaniasis-transmission en_US
dc.subject Transients and Migrant en_US
dc.subject Sri Lanka-epidemiology
dc.title Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka. an imported disease linked to the Middle East and African employment boom en_US
dc.type Case Report en_US
dc.identifier.department Parasitology en_US


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