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Postinfectious Acute Cerebellar Syndromes in children: A nationally ascertained case series from Australia 2013-2018

Gunaratna, G.P.S.; Mohammad, S.S.; Blyth, C.C.; Clark, J.; Crawford, N.; Marshall, H.; Dale, R.C.; Jones, C.A.; Britton, P.N.; PAEDS Network (Littleton, 2022)

Introduction: Postinfectious acute cerebellar syndromes show a wide spectrum of acute severity and can occur with acute febrile illness or vaccine receipt. Varicella has historically been the most common cause, associated ...
A Mechanistic model of snakebite as a zoonosis: Envenoming incidence is driven by snake ecology, socioeconomics and its impacts on snakes

Martín, G.; Erinjery, J.J.; Ediriweera, D.; de Silva, H.J.; Lalloo, D.G.; Iwamura, T.; Murray, K.A. (Public Library of Science,San Francisco, 2022)

Snakebite is the only WHO-listed, not infectious neglected tropical disease (NTD), although its eco-epidemiology is similar to that of zoonotic infections: envenoming occurs after a vertebrate host contacts a human. ...
Bionomic aspects of dengue vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus at domestic settings in urban, suburban and rural areas in Gampaha District, Western Province of Sri Lanka

Dalpadado, R.; Amarasinghe, D.; Gunathilaka, N.; Ariyarathna, N. (BioMed Central, London, 2022)

Background: The lack of information on behavioural patterns of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus has become a significant limitation in vector control and disease management programmes. Therefore, the current study was ...
Mental health services in conflict areas - An experience from Libya

Shoib, S.; Baiou, A.; Saleem, S.M.; Chandradasa, M.; Gaffaz, R. (Elsevier, 2022)

The Libyan mental health system has long been seen as inefficient and insufficient for the demands of the country. Thousands of Libyans require mental health therapy now more than ever before. Libya's Ministry of Health ...
Postdischarge outcomes of COVID-19 patients from South Asia: a prospective study

Abeysuriya, V.; Seneviratne, S.L.; de Silva, A.P.; Mowjood, R.; Mowjood, S.; de Silva, T.; de Mel, P.; de Mel, C.; Wijesinha, R.S.; Fernando, A.; de Mel, S.; Chandrasena, L. (Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2022)

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may cause clinical manifestations that last for weeks or months after hospital discharge. The manifestations are heterogeneous and vary in their frequency. Their multisystem ...
Hantavirus Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS) - Suspected cases in Sri Lanka; clinical picture and epidemiology from 2013-2021

Muthugala, R.; Dheerasekara, K.; Manamperi, A.; Gunasena, S.; Galagoda, G. (National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 2022)

Hantavirus; Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is an emerging zoonotic disease in Euro-Asia which is clinically indistinguishable from leptospirosis. A total number of 1032 patients were included in the analysis ...
Acceptability, simplicity, and relevance of the new human papillomavirus/DNA test among 35-year-old ever-married women in a district of Sri Lanka: focus group discussions

Perera, K.C.; Mapitigama, K.N.; Abeysena, T.C. (BioMed Central, London, 2022)

Background: Two major drawbacks of the present cervical cancer screening programme in Sri Lanka are, the suboptimal sensitivity of the pap smear and the low coverage. The sensitivity of the HPV/DNA screening test is high. ...
Food environment and diabetes mellitus in South Asia: A geospatial analysis of health outcome data

Kusuma, D.; Atanasova, P.; Pineda, E.; Anjana, R.M.; de Silva, L.; Hanif, A.A.; Hasan, M.; Hossain, M.M.; Indrawansa, S.; Jayamanne, D.; Jha, S.; Kasturiratne, A.; Katulanda, P.; Khawaja, K.I.; Kumarendran, B.; Mridha, M.K.; Rajakaruna, V.; Chambers, J.C.; Frost, G.; Sassi, F.; Miraldo, M. (Public Library of Science,San Francisco, 2022)

Background: The global epidemic of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) renders its prevention a major public health priority. A key risk factor of diabetes is obesity and poor diets. Food environments have been found to influence ...
Desidustat in anemia due to Non-Dialysis-Dependent Chronic Kidney Disease: A phase 3 study (DREAM-ND)

Agrawal, D.; Varade, D.; Shah, H.; Nazar, A.; Krishnan, J.; Shukla, V.; Ramakrishna, C.; Bandara, G.M.C.; Mavani, S.B.; Rajanna, S.; Jikki, P.; de Silva, S.; Ruhela, V.; Koradia, P.; Kansagra, K.; Kanani, P.; Sharma, N.; Zala, K.; Parmar, D. (Karger,New York, 2022)

Background: Desidustat, an oral hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor, is being developed to treat anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) without dialysis dependency.Methods: In total, 588 ...
Validation of a Sinhalese version of the mindful attention awareness scale

Baminiwatta, A. (Elsevier, 2022)

No abstract available
Surgical management of small bowel Crohn's Disease

Chandrasinghe, P. (Frontiers Media S.A, 2022)

Crohn’s disease in the small bowel could present itself as an inflammatory stricture, a fibrotic stricture as penetrating disease or a combination of both. It is pertinent to differentiate the disease process as well as ...
Perceived stress during the prenatal period: assessing measurement invariance of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) across cultures and birth parity

Katus, L.; Foley, S.; Murray, A.L.; Thanh, B.Y.L.; Taut, D.; Baban, A.; Madrid, B.; Fernando, A.D.; Sikander, S.; Ward, C.L.; Osafo, J.; Marlow, M.; Toit, S.D.; Walker, S.; Van Vo, T.; Fearon, P.; Valdebenito, S.; Eisner, M.P.; Hughes, C. (Springer, 2022)

Maternal prenatal stress places a substantial burden on mother's mental health. Expectant mothers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have thus far received less attention than mothers in high-income settings. This ...
Association of low-dose triple combination therapy vs usual care with time at target blood pressure: A secondary analysis of the TRIUMPH Randomized Clinical Trial

Gnanenthiran, S.R.; Wang, N.; Luca Di Tanna, G.; Salam, A.; Webster, R.; de Silva, H.A.; Guggilla, R.; Jan, S.; Maulik, P.K.; Naik, N.; Selak, V.; Thom, S.; Prabhakaran, D.; Schutte, A.E.; Patel, A.; Rodgers, A.; TRIUMPH Study Group (American Medical Association, 2022)

Importance: Cumulative exposure to high blood pressure (BP) is an adverse prognostic marker. Assessments of BP control over time, such as time at target, have been developed but assessments of the effects of BP-lowering ...
Effects of indoor air pollution on the development of children under five years of age in Sri Lanka

Ranathunga, N.; Perera, P.; Nandasena, S.; Sathiakumar, N.; Kasturiratne, A.; Wickremasinghe, R. (MDPI, 2022)

Air pollution is a multifaceted environmental toxin affecting the Central Nervous System (CNS) through diverse pathways. The CNS of young children is particularly susceptible to the detrimental effects of toxins, as brain ...
Gatekeeper training for vendors to reduce pesticide self-poisoning in rural South Asia: a study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial

Weerasinghe, M.; Pearson, M.; Turner, N.; Metcalfe, C.; Gunnell, D.J.; Agampodi, S.; Hawton, K.; Agampodi, T.; Miller, M.; Jayamanne, S.; Parker, S.; Sumith, J.A.; Karunarathne, A.; Dissanayaka, K.; Rajapaksha, S.; Rodrigo, D.; Abeysinghe, D.; Piyasena, C.; Kanapathy, R.; Thedchanamoorthy, S.; Madsen, L.B.; Konradsen, F.; Eddleston, M. (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2022)

Introduction: Pesticide self-poisoning kills an estimated 110 000-168 000 people worldwide annually. Data from South Asia indicate that in 15%-20% of attempted suicides and 30%-50% of completed suicides involving pesticides ...
Identification of genetic effects underlying type 2 diabetes in South Asian and European populations

Loh, M.; Zhang, W.; Ng, H.K.; Schmid, K.; Lamri, A.; Tong, L.; Ahmad, M.; Lee, J.J.; Ng, M.C.Y.; Petty, L.E.; Spracklen, C.N.; Takeuchi, F.; Islam, M.T.; Jasmine, F.; Kasturiratne, A.; Kibriya, M.; Mohlke, K.L.; Paré, G.; Prasad, G.; Shahriar, M.; Chee, M.L.; de Silva, H.J.; Engert, J.C.; Gerstein, H.C.; Mani, K.R.; Sabanayagam, C.; Vujkovic, M.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Wong, T.Y.; Yajnik, C.S.; Yusuf, S.; Ahsan, H.; Bharadwaj, D.; Anand, S.S.; Below, J.E.; Boehnke, M.; Bowden, D.W.; Chandak, G.R.; Cheng, C.Y.; Kato, N.; Mahajan, A.; Sim, X.; McCarthy, M.I.; Morris, A.P.; Kooner, J.S.; Saleheen, D.; Chambers, J.C. (Nature Publishing Group UK, 2022)

South Asians are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). We carried out a genome-wide association meta-analysis with South Asian T2D cases (n = 16,677) and controls (n = 33,856), followed by combined analyses ...
Molecular characterization of rickettsial agents in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Sri Lanka

Dasch, G.A.; Eremeeva, M.E.; Zambrano, M.L.; Premaratna, R.; Kularatne, S.A.M.; Rajapakse, R.P.V.J. (Baltimore., 2022)

Because the majority of spotted fever group rickettsiae are transmitted to humans by tick bites, it is important to understand which ticks might play a role in transmission of rickettsial pathogens in Sri Lanka. The purpose ...
Libya: mental health challenges a decade after the Arab spring

Shoib, S.; Gaffaz, R.; Mohd Saleem, S.; Baiou, A.; Chandradasa, M. (F. Cass,London, 2022)

No abstract available
Development of the sterile Insect technique to control the dengue vector Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) in Sri Lanka

Ranathunge, T.; Harishchandra, J.; Maiga, H.; Bouyer, J.; Gunawardene, Y.I.N.S.; Hapugoda, M. (Public Library of Science,San Francisco, 2022)

Background: The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is presently being tested to control dengue in several countries. SIT aims to cause the decline of the target insect population through the release of a sufficient number of ...
Heterotopic salivary gland tissue in the gastro-oesophageal junction: a rare entity

Dharani, K.; Medagoda, K.; Kumarage, S.K.; Mahendra, B.A.G.G. (College of Pathologists of Sri Lanka, 2021)

Introduction: Gastric and pancreatic heterotopia are the two most common types of heterotopias seen in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). These are the two most common types of heterotopias seen in the oesophagus as well. ...

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