Open AccessClinical features, risk factors and efficacy of cryotherapy in cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
H V Y D Siriwardena,
CU Udagedara,
Nadira D. Karunaweera
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
ceylon medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2386-1274
pISSN - 0009-0875
DOI - 10.4038/cmj.v48i1.3386
Subject(s) - medicine , ceylon , medical journal , sri lanka , cryotherapy , family medicine , alternative medicine , public health , socioeconomics , surgery , pathology , tanzania , sociology , computer science , programming language
The first autochthonus case of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka was reported in 1992. Several case reports from different parts of the island have been documented. The case incidence has increased in the recent past.
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