Research Article
First Evidence for Two Independent and Different Leishmaniasis Transmission Foci in Sri Lanka: Recent Introduction or Long-Term Existence?
Table 4
Comparison of clinical profile in soldiers and civilians from Southern Sri Lanka (n=379).
| | | Clinical features of lesion | Military
(LPIA north) | Civilian
(LPIA South) | | Count | (%) | Count | (%) |
| | Number of lesions | Single | 11 | (57.9) | 341 | (94.7) | | Multiple | 8 | (42.1) | 19 | (5.3) | | Total | 19 | (100.0) | 360 | (100.0) |
| | Duration | <6months | 14 | (73.7) | 282 | (78.3) | | >6 months | 5 | (26.3) | 78 | (21.7) | | Total | 19 | (100.0) | 360 | (100.0) |
| | Lesion size | 2 cm | 14 | (73.7) | 183 | (50.8) | | >2 cm | 5 | (26.3) | 177 | (49.2) | | Total | 19 | (100.0) | 360 | (100.0) |
| | Lesion type | Non-ulcerated | 9 | (64.3) | 24 | (48.0) | | Ulcerated | 5 | (35.7) | 26 | (52.0) | | Total | 14 | (100.0) | 50 | (100.0) |
| | Lesion site | Distal limbs | 10 | (71.4) | 21 | (42.0) | | Proximal limbs | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (2.0) | | Trunk | 1 | (7.1) | 5 | (10.0) | | Head and Neck | 3 | (21.4) | 23 | (46.0) | | Total | 14 | (100.0) | 50 | (100.0) |
| | Itchiness | From beginning | 1 | (5.3) | 18 | (21.7) | | Never | 18 | (94.7) | 65 | (78.3) | | Total | 19 | (100.0) | 83 | (100.0) |
| | Skin scaling | Yes | 7 | (36.8) | 53 | (50.0) | | No | 12 | (63.2) | 53 | (50.0) | | Total | 19 | (100.0) | 106 | (100.0) |
| | Skin inflammation | Yes | 2 | (11.8) | 26 | (33.3) | | No | 15 | (88.2) | 52 | (66.7) | | Total | 17 | (100.0) | 78 | (100.0) |
| | Skin pigmentation | Yes | 6 | (75.0) | 5 | (55.6) | | No | 2 | (25.0) | 4 | (44.4) | | Total | 8 | (100.0) | 9 | (100.0) |
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missing data were excluded, LPIA: likely place of infections acquisition |
