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ArticleJournal of tropical medicine2019

First Evidence for Two Independent and Different Leishmaniasis Transmission Foci in Sri Lanka: Recent Introduction or Long-Term Existence?

Yamuna Siriwardana, Bhagya Deepachandi, Shreenika de S Weliange, Chandanie Udagedara, Chandanie Wickremarathne, Wipula Warnasuriya, Ranthilaka R Ranawaka, Indira Kahawita, P H Chandrawansa, Nadira D Karunaweera

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Article in Journal of tropical medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Risk Factor Analysis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka through a Nationwide Survey.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024
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  5. Prevalidation of an ELISA for Detection of a New Clinical Entity:International journal of analytical chemistry · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yamuna SiriwardanaDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo 00800, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3283-0140
Bhagya DeepachandiDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo 00800, Sri Lanka.
Shreenika de S WeliangeDepartment of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo 00800, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2429-8860
Chandanie UdagedaraTeaching Hospital, Kandy 20000, Sri Lanka.
Chandanie WickremarathneNational Hospital, Colombo 00800, Sri Lanka.
Wipula WarnasuriyaTeaching Hospital, Kurunegala 60000, Sri Lanka.
Ranthilaka R RanawakaTeaching Hospital, Kalutara 12000, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3160-1303
Indira KahawitaBase Hospital, Homagama 10200, Sri Lanka.
P H Chandrawansa332/4, Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha, Nupe, Matara 81000, Sri Lanka.
Nadira D KarunaweeraDepartment of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo 00800, Sri Lanka.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3985-1817
University of Colombo · LKNational Hospital of Sri Lanka · LKSri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology · LKTeaching Hospital Kandy · LK

Funding

Epidemiology and transmission of Leishmania donovani infections in Sri Lanka and BhutanU01AI136033 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO · PI KARUNAWEERA, NADIRA DHARSHANI, ZHOU, GUOFA · 2017 to 2021
$2.0M
Study of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka caused by L.donovaniR01AI099602 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO · PI KARUNAWEERA, NADIRA DHARSHANI · 2012 to 2016
$635k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI099602NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI136033
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by a genetic variant of

Identifiers

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PMCPMC6683790
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