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Accidental scrotal burns due to paraquat while handling a patient with deliberate self-harm

Premaratna, R.; Rathnasena, B.G.N.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2007)

INTRODUCTION: The main risk of paraquat poisoning is from deliberate ingestion. Serious accidental or occupational poisoning is comparatively rare. We report two patients who had accidental exposure to paraquat resulting ...
A review of subarachnoid haemorrhage as a cause of death in forensic autopsies conducted in Edinburgh

Edirisinghe, P.A.S. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2007)

INTRODUCTION: Sudden death due to subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) has been frequently encountered in routine forensic autopsies all over the world. OBJECTIVE: To review autopsy reports on cases diagnosed as death due to ...
A fever study at the Colombo North Teaching Hospital (CNTH)

Bailey, M.S.; Wijesuriya, T.; Premaratna, R.; de Silva, N.R.; Wuthiekanun, F.; Peacock, S.J.; Lalloo, D.G.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2007)

OBJECTIVES: To determine the aetiology of febrile illnesses at CNTH, to identify effective laboratory tests for their confirmation, and to develop clinical prediction rules that will assist diagnosis. DESIGN, SETTING AND ...
A comparative study of the causes of death given in two forensic institutions (Ragama and Edinburgh) and North Colombo Teaching Hospital: lessons we can learn from others

Edirisinghe, P.A.S.; Perera, B.P.P.; Kitulwatte, I.D.G. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2007)

INTRODUCTION: Writing the cause of death (COD) according to the WHO format using the International Classification of Diseases has been the accepted practice in order to create comparable national and international statistics. ...
Entomological investigations on malaria vector studies in earlier conflict areas of Sri lanka after 30 years

Gunathilaka, P.A.D.H.N.; Fernando, M.A.S.T.; Hapugoda, M.D.; Wijeyerathne, P.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Abeyewickreme, W. (University of Peradeniya, 2014)

Entomological investigations on the abundance of malaria vector mosquitoes have not been studied in northern and eastern parts of the Sri Lanka over the past 30 years due to the separatist war. The main aim of this study ...
Fine particle air quality levels of Sri Lankan households and associated respiratory conditions: preliminary findings of an ongoing longitudinal study

Nandasena, S.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Sathiakumar, N. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2011)

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Data on fine particle (PM2.5) air pollutant levels in Sir Lankan households are scarce. A high proportion of households are known to use unclean fuels for cooking, without proper ventilation. The aim of ...
Prevalence and correlates of noise induced hearing loss among traffic policemen in the City of Colombo

Nagodawithana, N.S.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Pannila, A.S.; Sathiakumar, N.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health, 2013)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a high frequency sensory-neural hearing loss in subjects who are exposed to environmental noise, but this diagnosis is made only after excluding other reasons ...
Prevalence and risk factors for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease among an urban aging adult Sri Lankan population – Ragama Health Study 7-year follow up

Niriella, M.A.; Kasturiratne, A.; de Silva, S.T.; Perera, K.R.; Subasinghe, S.K.C.E.; Kodisinghe, S.K.; Priyantha, T.A.C.L.; Vithiya, K.; Kottachchi, D.; Ranawaka, U.K.; Jayasinghe, Y.C.; Rajindrajith, S.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P.; Pathmeswaran, A.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2015)

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: A previous community based study reported a prevalence of 33% for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) among and urban adult Sri Lankan population. In this follow up study of the same ...
Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease among older adults in urban Sri Lanka - Tip of the iceburg?

de Silva, S.T.; Kasturiratne, A.; Chackrewarthy, S. (The International Society of Nephrology, 2015)

INTRODUCTION: Prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing worldwide, mainly due to increasing diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HPT) in aging populations. Although these diseases affect many, data on ...
Role of Aedes albopictus in transmitting dengue virus in some endemic areas in Kurunegala District.

Hapugoda, M.D.; de Silva, N.R.; Abeysundara, S.; Bandara, K.B.A.T.; Dayanath, M.Y.D.; Abeyewickreme, W. (University of Kelaniya, 2003)

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Intestinal parasitic infections in primary school children in Mahiyangana district

Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Morel, R.P.; de Alwis, C.; Sudusinghe, H.P.; de Silva, N.R. (Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, 2000)
Evidence of leptospira and Hanta virus co-infections amongst patients hospitalised for leptospirosis-like illness

Sunil-Chandra, N.P.; Premaratna, R.; Somasiri, D.A.D.H.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, 2003)

INTRODUCTION: Hantavirus infection and leptospirosis are zoonoses with similar epidemiology and disease forms. Both infections spread to humans from infected rodents. OBJECTIVES: To assess the frequency and clinical ...
Effects of antibiotics on filarial transmission

Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Taylor, M.J. (Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, 2003)

INTRODUCTION: The symbiosis of filarial nematodes and intracellular Wolbachia bacteria has recently been exploited as a target for therapy of filariasis. OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of antibiotics on filarial transmission ...
Evaluation of the Mass Drug Administration(MDA) programme for filariasis control

Weerasinghe, C.R.; de Silva, N.R. (Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, 2003)

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Detection of dengue virus in Aedes albopictus mosquitoes by Reverse Transcription Polymerase-Chain Reaction-Liquid Hybridization (RT-PCR-LH) based assay.

Hapugoda, M.D.; Gunasekera, M.B.; de Silva, N.R.; Gunasena, S.; Prithimala, L.D.; Dayanath, M.Y.D.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, 2003)

Dengue is an important public health problem. In this study an RT-PCR-LH assay was developed for the detection of dengue virus in Ae.albopictus, a vector of dengue. Laboratory bred Ae.albopictus (adults inoculated with ...
Breeding of aedes Aegypti and Aedes albopictus in some dengue endemic areas.

Hapugoda, G.P.G.M.D.; de Silva, N.R.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, 2000)

Dengue fever (DF)/Dengue haemorrnagic fever (DHF) is now- the most important and rapidly spreading vector borne disease in the world. Since 1956, over 350 000 patients have been hospitalized and nearly 12 000 deaths have ...
Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) using recombinant protein antigens for detection of anti-chikungunya antibodies

Athapaththu, A.M.M.H.; Khanna, N.; Abeyewickreme, W.; Gunasena, S.; Hapugoda, M.D. (Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 2010)

OBJECTIVES: Chikungunya is a mosquito borne viral infection that has caused great medical and public health problems in South East Asia during last few years. Currently available laboratory diagnostic kits depend on ...
Shifting of circulating serotypes in dengue outbreaks during 2009/2010 in Sri lanka

Manamperi, N.H.; Athapaththu, A.M.M.H.; Premawansa, G.; Wellawaththage, C.; Jayarathna, T. D. S. S.; Abeyewickreme, W.; Hapugoda, M.D. (Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 2010)

OBJECTIVES: Sri Lanka has experienced explosive outbreaks of dengue infection in 2009 and 2010. It has been identified that DEN- 3 and DEN- 2 were the predominant serotypes with DEN-1 and DEN- 4 circulating at a lower ...
Tetravalent dengue specific domain III based chimeric recombinant protein as dengue diagnostic intermediates for the detection of both anti-dengue immunoglobulin M(IGM) and imunoglobulin G(IGG) antibodies in human serum samples.

Hapugoda, M.D.; Abeyewickreme, W.; Gunasena, S.; Khanna, N. (International Water Management Institute, 2006)

BACKGROUND: Dengue infection is an important mosquito borne viral infection caused by four serotypes of dengue virus with explosive outbreaks occurring in many tropical areas. Laboratory diagnosis of the disease mainly ...
A Preliminary study of genetic estimates of population structure of Aedes aegypti populations in three districts, Sri Lanka

Fernando, H.S.D; Hapugoda, M.D.; de Silva, B.G.D.N.K. (Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 2014)

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