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Volume 26, Number 1—January 2020
Synopsis

Spatial Epidemiologic Trends and Hotspots of Leishmaniasis, Sri Lanka, 2001–2018

Nadira D. Karunaweera1Comments to Author , Samitha Ginige, Sanath Senanayake, Hermali Silva, Nuwani Manamperi, Nilakshi Samaranayake, Yamuna Siriwardana, Deepa Gamage, Upul Senerath, and Guofa Zhou1
Author affiliations: University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka (N.D. Karunaweera, S. Senanayake, H. Silva, N. Samaranayake, Y. Siriwardana, U. Senerath); Ministry of Health, Colombo (S. Ginige, D. Gamage); University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Western Sri Lanka (N. Manamperi); University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA (G. Zhou)

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Table 2

Characteristics of leishmaniasis cases in selected highly disease-endemic areas of 2 provinces, Sri Lanka*

Characteristics
North-Central Province
Southern Province
2001–2003 2015–2018 2001–2003 2015–2018
Age, y
0–14 6 (4.6) 70 (11.3) 17 (24.6) 256 (16.4)
15–49 113 (86.3) 332 (53.7) 24 (34.8) 854 (54.7)
≥50
12 (9.2)
216 (35.0)

28 (40.6)
451 (28.9)
Sex
F 7 (5.3) 198 (32.0) 28 (40.6) 636 (40.7)
M
124 (94.7)
420 (68.0)

41 (59.4)
925 (59.3)
Total 131 618 69 1,561

*Values represent no. (%) in each age and sex category during early and late periods of disease expansion. Data provided by medical health officers in each region.

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1These authors were co–principal investigators for this article.

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