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Volume 30, Number 9—September 2024

Research

Autochthonous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania tropica, Identified by Using Whole-Genome Sequencing, Sri Lanka

Hermali Silva1, Tiago R. Ferreira1, Kajan Muneeswaran, Sumudu R. Samarasinghe, Eliza V.C. Alves-Ferreira, Michael E. Grigg, Naduviladath V. Chandrasekharan, David L. Sacks, and Nadira D. KarunaweeraComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka (H. Silva, K. Muneeswaran, S.R. Samarasinghe, N.V. Chandrasekharan, N.D. Karunaweera); Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (T.R. Ferreira, E.V.C. Alves-Ferreira, M.E. Grigg, D.L. Sacks)

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Figure 1

Geographic locations of patients with cutaneous or mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka. The mucocutaneous leishmaniasis patient was from the Puttalam district (A), Anamaduwa subdistrict. The cutaneous leishmaniasis patients were from both the Matara (B) and Hambantota (C) districts. Isolates labeled in orange were identified as Leishmania tropica. Isolates labeled in blue were identified as L. donovani. A, Puttalam district; A1, Anamaduwa; B, Matara district; B1, Hakmana; C, Hambantota district; C1, Okewela; C2, Beliatta; C3, Tangalle; C4, Ambalantota; C5, Sooriyawewa.

Figure 1. Geographic locations of patients with cutaneous or mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka. The mucocutaneous leishmaniasis patient was from the Puttalam district (A), Anamaduwa subdistrict. The cutaneous leishmaniasis patients were from both the Matara (B) and Hambantota (C) districts. Isolates labeled in orange were identified as Leishmania tropica. Isolates labeled in blue were identified as L. donovani. A, Puttalam district; A1, Anamaduwa; B, Matara district; B1, Hakmana; C, Hambantota district; C1, Okewela; C2, Beliatta; C3, Tangalle; C4, Ambalantota; C5, Sooriyawewa.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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