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Rewriting the history of leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: An untold story since 1904. (2022)
Journal Article
Nuwangi, H., Weerakoon, K., Agampodi, T., Price, H., Dikomitis, L., & Agampodi, S. (2022). Rewriting the history of leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: An untold story since 1904. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, e0010918 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010918

Leishmaniasis is widely considered a disease that emerged in Sri Lanka in the 1990s. However, a comprehensive case report from 1904 suggests that the presence of Leishmaniasis was well demonstrated in Sri Lanka long before that. The Annual Administra... Read More about Rewriting the history of leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: An untold story since 1904..

Community-Based Interventions for the Prevention and Control of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review (2022)
Journal Article
Polidano, K., Wenning, B., Ruiz-Cadavid, A., Dawaishan, B., Panchal, J., Gunasekara, S., …Dikomitis, L. (2022). Community-Based Interventions for the Prevention and Control of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review. Social Sciences, 11(10), Article 490. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11100490

We reviewed the evidence on community-based interventions for the prevention and control of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Community initiatives tailored towards awareness and mobilisation are regarded as a priority area in the Neglected Tropical Dise... Read More about Community-Based Interventions for the Prevention and Control of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review.

Exploring the cultural effects of gender on perceptions of cutaneous leishmaniasis: a systematic literature review. (2022)
Journal Article
Wenning, B., Price, H., Nuwangi, H., Reda, K., Viana, G., Andras, A., …Ehsanullah, R. (2022). Exploring the cultural effects of gender on perceptions of cutaneous leishmaniasis: a systematic literature review. Global Health Research and Policy, 7, Article 34. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-022-00266-y

BACKGROUND: More than one million people each year become infected by parasites that cause the disease cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). This disease manifests as one or more skin lesions or ulcers that are slow to heal with variable response rates to dr... Read More about Exploring the cultural effects of gender on perceptions of cutaneous leishmaniasis: a systematic literature review..

Serological and molecular detection of Leishmania species in dog peripheral blood from Bobo-Dioulasso city, a confirmation of canine leishmaniasis enzootic area for Burkina Faso. (2022)
Journal Article
Sangaré, I., Yameogo, B., Koala, L., Ouari, A., Nikièma, A., Fournet, F., …Djibougou, A. (2022). Serological and molecular detection of Leishmania species in dog peripheral blood from Bobo-Dioulasso city, a confirmation of canine leishmaniasis enzootic area for Burkina Faso. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 103, Article 105327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2022.105327

Canine leishmaniasis is increasingly reported worldwide and represent a threat to both animal and human health. In a previous pilot study conducted in Bobo-Dioulasso, the second town of Burkina Faso, we reported five cases of canine leishmaniasis. Wi... Read More about Serological and molecular detection of Leishmania species in dog peripheral blood from Bobo-Dioulasso city, a confirmation of canine leishmaniasis enzootic area for Burkina Faso..

Placing Leishmaniasis in the Limelight through the Communicable Disease Surveillance System: An Experience from Sri Lanka. (2022)
Journal Article
Gunasekara, S., Nuwangi, H., Wickramasinghe, N., Weerakoon, K., Price, H., Dikomitis, L., & Agampodi, S. (2022). Placing Leishmaniasis in the Limelight through the Communicable Disease Surveillance System: An Experience from Sri Lanka. Pathogens an international, open access journal of pathogens and pathogen-host interactions, 11(6), Article 680. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11060680

Having an effective surveillance system is imperative to take timely and appropriate actions for disease control and prevention. In Sri Lanka, leishmaniasis was declared as a notifiable disease in 2008. This paper presents a comprehensive compilation... Read More about Placing Leishmaniasis in the Limelight through the Communicable Disease Surveillance System: An Experience from Sri Lanka..

Current and future strategies against cutaneous parasites (2022)
Journal Article
Man, E., Price, H., & Hoskins, C. (2022). Current and future strategies against cutaneous parasites. Pharmaceutical Research, 631-651. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-022-03232-y

Cutaneous parasites are identified by their specific cutaneous symptoms which are elicited based on the parasite's interactions with the host. Standard anti-parasitic treatments primarily focus on the use of specific drugs to disrupt the regular func... Read More about Current and future strategies against cutaneous parasites.

Community engagement in cutaneous leishmaniasis research in Brazil, Ethiopia, and Sri Lanka: a decolonial approach for global health (2022)
Journal Article
Polidano, K., Agampodi, T., Parton, L., Agampodi, S., Haileselassie, B., Lalani, J., …Zerihun, Z. (2022). Community engagement in cutaneous leishmaniasis research in Brazil, Ethiopia, and Sri Lanka: a decolonial approach for global health. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.823844

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a parasitic skin disease endemic in at least 88 countries where it presents an urgent, albeit often "neglected" public health problem. In this paper, we discuss our model of decolonial community engagement in the ECLIP... Read More about Community engagement in cutaneous leishmaniasis research in Brazil, Ethiopia, and Sri Lanka: a decolonial approach for global health.