TY - JOUR AU - Kannathasan, Selvam AU - Murugananthan, Arumugam AU - Kumanan, Thirunavukarasu AU - de Silva, Nilanthi Renuka AU - Rajeshkannan, Nadarajah AU - Haque, Rashidul AU - Iddawela, Devika PY - 2018 DA - 2018/01/10 TI - Epidemiology and factors associated with amoebic liver abscess in northern Sri Lanka JO - BMC Public Health SP - 118 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Clinically diagnosed amoebic liver abscess (ALA) caused by Entamoeba histolytica has been an important public health problem in Jaffna district, northern Sri Lanka for last three decades. In order to draw up a control strategy for elimination of this condition, knowledge of its epidemiology and factors associated with this condition in the local context is vital. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5036-2 DO - 10.1186/s12889-018-5036-2 ID - Kannathasan2018 ER -