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Association between serum total IgE, allergic diseases and geohelminth infections in Sri Lankan children

Amarasekera, N.D.D.M.; Gunawardena, N.K.; de Silva, N.R.; Douglass, J.; O’Hehir, R.E.; Weerasinghe, A. (BioMed Central, 2007)

BACKGROUND: Elevated levels of total IgE (tIgE) in serum are characteristic of allergic diseases. Levels of tIgE are influenced by genetic predisposition, age, sex and helminth infections. However, the association between ...
Extrathymic T cells in human malaria patients

Watanabe, W.; Weerasinghe, A.; Miyaji, C.; Sekikawa, H.; de Silva, N.R.; Gunawardena, S.; Ratnayake, H.; Kobayashi, J.; Thoma, H.; Sato, Y.; Abo, T. (Elsevier, 1998)
Established, emerging and potential parasitic zoonoses in Sri Lanka

Abeyewickreme, W.; Wijesundara, M.; Weerasooriya, M.M.V.; Naotunna, T. de S.; de Silva, N.R.; Ismail, M.M.; Dissanaike, A.S. (Elsevier, 1998)
Early predictors of severe dengue in adults

Wijewantha, H.; Premaratna, R.; Mabharana, I.; Nishad, N.; de Silva, A.; de Silva, H.J. (Elsevier, 2012)

BACKGROUND: Dengue is the main infectious disease causing high morbidity and mortality among adults in dengue endemic regions of Sri Lanka. Prediction of severe illness at an earlier stage of infection helps to arrive at ...
Predictors of duration and degree of third space fluid accumulation in adult patients with dengue

Premaratna, R.; Ragupathy, A.; Miththinda, N.; de Silva, H.J. (Elsevier, 2012)

BACKGROUND: Fluid leakage is the hallmark of dengue shock syndrome. It is important to identify clinical and biochemical parameters which predict duration and degree of fluid leakage in dengue. METHODS: 102 patients with ...
Acute febrile illness: Epidemiology versus clinical judgement

Premaratna, R. (Elsevier, 2012)

Both epidemiology and clinical judgment are teachings by the father of medicine, the Greek physician. Hippocrates The term Epidemiology derives from the Greek: epi “upon/among” demos “people/district”, logos “study/disclosure”, ...
To identify the role of haemoglobin (Hb), pack cell volume (PCV) and pulse pressure (PP) in predicting fluid leakage in patients with dengue who consume adequate amounts of fluids

Premaratna, R.; Ragupathy, A.; Miththinda, N.; de Silva, H.J. (Elsevier, 2012)

BACKGROUND: Early detection of fluid leakage is important in identifying patients who are likely to develop shock syndrome in dengue. As patients with dengue are advised to consume adequate amounts of fluids such behaviours ...
Clinical features of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka and molecular identification of L. donovani as the cause

Siriwardana, H.V.Y.D.; Noyes, H.A.; Beeching, N.J.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Chance, M.L.; Bates, P.A.; Karunaweera, N.D. (Elsevier, 2008)

BACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a newly established disease in Sri Lanka with over 1500 locally acquired cases reported since year 2001. OBJECTIVES: To study the clinical profile, associated risk factors and ...
Surveillance for dengue vector mosquito in Kurunegala district, Sri Lanka

Sumanadasa, S.D.M.; Hapugoda, M.D.; Peiris, I.; Perera, D.; Bandara, S.; Mansoor, M.A.C.M.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Elsevier, 2008)

BACKGROUND: Dengue vector surveillance is an important tool to determine the time and area/s to initiate control action. Our objective was to identify entomological risk factors with regard to transmission of dengue in a ...
An Entomological study to plan intervention for prevention of dengue in Gampaha district, Sri Lanka

Abeyewickreme, W.; Hapangama, H.A.D.C.; Weerasinghe, I.; Hapugoda, M.D.; Gunawardene, Y.I.N.S.; Gunawardena, N.K.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (Elsevier, 2008)

BACKGROUND: Dengue is the most common and fastest spreading human arbo viral disease worldwide. Most control efforts are based not on insecticides but on suppression of vectors by reducing the number of larval breeding ...
Polymerase Chain Reaction and mosquito dissection as tools to monitor filarial Infection levels following mass treatment in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka

Wijegunawardana, N.D.A.D.; Gunawardene, Y.I.N.S.; Manamperi, A.; Bandara, K.B.A.T.; Liyanage, T.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Elsevier, 2008)

BACKGROUND: Mass Drug Administration (MDA)-based Global Lymphatic filariasis (Lf) eradication programmes are aimed at stopping transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti by its mosquito vector. The study was designed to compare ...
A Case report of dengue and chikungunya co-infection in Sri Lanka

Abeyewickreme, W.; Hapuarachchi, H.A.C.; Bandara, K.B.A.T.; Hapugoda, M.D.; Williams, S. (The Parasitology and Tropical Medicine Association of Thailand, 2008)

Dengue fever and chikungunya are arboviral diseases transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. Though dengue has been an important communicable disease in Sri Lanka for many years, chikungunya has not been reported in Sri Lanka since ...
A Mixed infection of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium malariae: the first report of a Plasmodium malariae infection after 37 years of its absence in Sri Lanka

Hapuarachchi, H.A.C.; Abeysundara, S.; Gunawardena, N.K.; Manamperi, A.; Senevirathne, M. P.; Leemingsawat, S.; Chavalitshewinkoon-petmitr, P.; de Silva, N.R.; Abeyewickreme, W. (The Parasitology and Tropical Medicine Association of Thailand, 2008)

Malaria has been endemic in Sti Lanka for several centuries. Currently, only Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax are present in the country. P. malariae infections have not .been reported in Sri Lanka since 1969. The objective ...
Geographical Information System (GIS)-based maps for monitoring of entomological risk factors affecting transmission of Chikungunya in Sri Lanka

Hapugoda, M.D.; Gunawardena, N.K.; Kusumawathie, P.H.D.; Jayasooriya, G.A.J.S.K.; Hapuarachchi, H.A.C.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 2008)

INTRODUCTION: Chikungunya is an important mosquito-born viral infection in Sri Lanka at present. OBJECTIVE: To prepare OUS-based maps Tor monitoring of entomological risk Factors affecting transmission of chikungunya. ...
Screening of hepatitis C (HCV) antibody reactive donors by RT-PCR in a sample population of blood bank donors in Sri Lanka

Manamperi, A.; Gunawardena, N.K.; Nugawela, P.; Bandara, A.; Wellawaththage, C.; Bindusara, R.M.; de Silva, H.J.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, 2007)

The practice of screening donors for HCV antibodies has substantially lowered the risk of acquiring HCV infection from a transfusion. However, detection of molecular markers in blood is the most reliable means of diagnosing ...
Silent transmission of the dengue fever in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka

Hapangama, H.A.D.C.; Gunawardene, Y.I.N.S.; Gunasena, S.; Hapugoda, M.D.; Premaratna, R.; Wellawaththage, L.C.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, 2007)

Dengue fever is a major infectious disease in Sri Lanka. Silent transmission of dengue virus has been suggested as a possible risk factor for the increasing incidence of dengue. The present study was carried out in the ...
A Comparative retrospective study of novel Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction-based Liquid Hybridization (RT-PCR-LH) assay with Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) amplification, virus isolation and serological techniques for early, definitive laboratory diagnosis of dengue infection

Hapugoda, M.D.; de Silva, N.R.; Khan, B.; Gunasena, S.; Dayanath, M.Y.D.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, 2007)

Dengue is an important vector borne viral infection in South East Asia. Dengue virus is responsible for dengue fever, dengue haemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome. Early diagnosis of infection helps in monitoring ...
Confirmation of 2006 chikungunya outbreak in Sri Lanka using RT-PCR

Abeyewickreme, W.; Bandara, K.B.A.T.; Perera, H.; Dayanath, M.Y.D.; Hapuarachchi, C. (Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, 2007)

Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral infection caused by a single-stranded RNA virus of the family Togaviridae, is considered as a rare, non-fatal disease. During February to October 2006, an epidemic of over 1.3 million ...
Genetic evidence of emerging sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance of Plassmodium falciparum isolates in an operational area in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka

Hapuarachchi, H.A.C.; Dayanath, M.Y.D.; Abeysundara, S.; Bandara, K.B.A.T.; Abeyewickreme, W.; de Silva, N.R. (Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004)
Population data for CSF1PO, TPOX, THO1, D16S539, D7S820, D13S317, FESFPS, vWA and F13B short tandem repeat (STR) polymorphisms in Sri Lanka

Manamperi, A.; Gunawardene, Y.I.N.S.; Bandara, K.B.A.T.; Dayanath, M.Y.D.; Hapuarachchi, H.A.C.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004)

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