Spatiotemporal distribution of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka and future case burden estimates.

• Main Authors: Nadira D Karunaweera (Author), Sanath Senanayake (Author), Samitha Ginige (Author), Hermali Silva (Author), Nuwani Manamperi (Author), Nilakshi Samaranayake (Author), Rajika Dewasurendra (Author), Panduka Karunanayake (Author), Deepa Gamage (Author), Nissanka de Silva (Author), Upul Senarath (Author), Guofa Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical vector-borne disease, which is on the rise in Sri Lanka. Spatiotemporal and risk factor analyses are useful for understanding transmission dynamics, spatial clustering and predicting future disease distribution and trends to facili...