Background Among the neglected tropical diseases, leishmaniasis continues to be
prevalent in many tropical and subtropical countries despite international, national, and local …

Abstract Purpose Sri Lanka is endemic to cutaneous leishmaniasis and reported as the
latest focus of leishmaniasis in the Asian subcontinent. Annually, the number of …

Leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease, is on the decline in South Asia. However,
cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis have risen in Sri Lanka since 2001, and the lack of in …

Background Human leishmaniasis is one of the major parasitic diseases with worldwide
distribution. Sri Lanka is a recently established focus of leishmaniasis caused by a variant …

Sri Lanka reports a large epidemic of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by an atypical L.
donovani while regional leishmaniasis elimination drive aims at achieving its targets in …

Background Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease transmitted by infected sandflies
that results in diverse human pathologies contingent on the species of Leishmania …

Sri Lanka is a recent focus having Leishmania donovani induced cutaneous leishmaniasis
(CL) as the main clinical entity. A separate clinical entity within profile of CL was described in …

Quantification of pathogen load, although challenging, is of paramount importance for
accurate diagnosis and clinical management of a range of infectious diseases in a point-of …

An in-house enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based on crude antigen of
Leishmania reported a high sero-prevalence (82.0%) in Leishmania donovani induced …

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is considered as a major health threat in the Indian
subcontinent. Leishmania donovani, a usually visceralizing species, causes cutaneous …