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  1. Next-generation vaccines for tropical infectious diseases

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, June 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  2. Proteome profiling of cutaneous leishmaniasis lesions due to dermotropicLeishmania donovaniin Sri Lanka

    Article • January 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  3. The use of recombinant K39, KMP11, and crude antigen-based indirect ELISA as a serological diagnostic tool and a measure of exposure for cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka

    Article • Parasitology Research, December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  4. Antimony resistance and gene expression in Leishmania: spotlight on molecular and proteomic aspects

    Article • Parasitology, November 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  5. Diagnostic Tools for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania donovani: A Narrative Review

    Article • Diagnostics, September 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  6. Histological findings associated with treatment response in cutaneous leishmaniasis: a clinicopathological correlation study

    Article • International Journal of Dermatology, September 2023, Wiley

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  7. First evidence of experimental genetic hybridization between cutaneous and visceral strains of Leishmania donovani within its natural vector Phlebotomus argentipes

    Article • Acta Tropica, September 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  8. Unfolded protein response pathway in leishmaniasis: A review

    Article • Parasite Immunology, August 2023, Wiley

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera, Dr. Nuwani H Manamperi

  9. Impact of climatic factors on temporal variability of sand fly abundance in Sri Lanka: Longitudinal study (2018 to 2020) with two-stage hierarchical analysis.

    Article • June 2023, Research Square

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  10. Unfolded Protein Response (UPR) Pathway in cutaneous leishmaniasis: A review

    Article • April 2023, Authorea, Inc.

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  11. Cytokine and phenotypic cell profiles in human cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2023, PLOS

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  12. Atypical Leishmania donovani Infections in Sri Lanka: Challenges for Control and Elimination

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  13. Assessment of knowledge and perceptions on leishmaniasis: An island-wide study in Sri Lanka

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, October 2022, PLOS

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  14. ELISA ‐based evaluation of antibody response to Leishmania in a region endemic for cutaneous leishmaniasis

    Article • Parasite Immunology, August 2022, Wiley

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  15. Cytokine and phenotypic cell profiles in human cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani

    Article • June 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  16. An open dataset of Plasmodium vivax genome variation in 1,895 worldwide samples

    Article • Wellcome Open Research, April 2022, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  17. Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Insights into Species-Specific Responses: A Narrative Review

    Article • Infectious Diseases and Therapy, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  18. Stress conditions promote Leishmania hybridization in vitro marked by expression of the ancestral gamete fusogen HAP2 as revealed by single-cell RNA-seq

    Article • eLife, January 2022, eLife

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  19. Malaria

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  20. Image Processing for mHealth-Based Approach to Detect the Local Tissue Inflammation in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Proof of Concept Study

    Article • Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, November 2021, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  21. Treatment failure to sodium stibogluconate in cutaneous leishmaniasis: A challenge to infection control and disease elimination

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2021, PLOS

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  22. Genetic diversity and population structure of Phlebotomus argentipes: Vector of Leishmania donovani in Sri Lanka

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2021, PLOS

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  23. Spatiotemporal distribution of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka and future case burden estimates

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, April 2021, PLOS

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  24. Therapeutic Response to Thermotherapy in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Treatment Failures for Sodium Stibogluconate: A Randomized Controlled Proof of Principle Clinical Trial

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, March 2021, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  25. Author Correction: A multicentric evaluation of dipstick test for serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Ethiopia and Spain

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  26. First Evidence from Sri Lanka for Subphenotypic Diversity within L. donovani-Induced Classical Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2021, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    BHAGYA DEEPACHANDI, Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  27. Current situation of leishmaniasis in Bhutan and the potential for its elimination

    Article • Bhutan Health Journal, November 2020, Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  28. The role of improved housing and living environments in malaria control and elimination

    Article • Malaria Journal, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  29. First Serological Study Revealing High Humoral Response and Evidence for Antigenic Heterogeneity in Leishmania donovani Induced CL in Sri Lanka

    Article • BioMed Research International, September 2020, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    BHAGYA DEEPACHANDI, Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  30. Use of a Plasmodium vivax genetic barcode for genomic surveillance and parasite tracking in Sri Lanka

    Article • Malaria Journal, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  31. Atypical Presentation of Post-Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis in Bhutan

    Article • Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine, August 2020, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  32. Insecticide susceptibility of the sand fly leishmaniasis vector Phlebotomus argentipes in Sri Lanka

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  33. High resolution melting based method for rapid discriminatory diagnosis of co-infecting Leptomonas seymouri in Leishmania donovani-induced leishmaniasis

    Article • Parasitology International, April 2020, Elsevier

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  34. Quantification of Soluble or Insoluble Fractions ofLeishmaniaParasite Proteins in Microvolume Applications: A Simplification to Standard Lowry Assay

    Article • International Journal of Analytical Chemistry, March 2020, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    BHAGYA DEEPACHANDI, Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  35. Spatial Epidemiologic Trends and Hotspots of Leishmaniasis, Sri Lanka, 2001–2018

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2020, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  36. Health in rural Sri Lanka: A cross-sectional survey of three rural districts

    Article • Ceylon Medical Journal, September 2019, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  37. First Evidence for Two Independent and Different Leishmaniasis Transmission Foci in Sri Lanka: Recent Introduction or Long-Term Existence?

    Article • Journal of Tropical Medicine, July 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Chandani Udagedara, Ranthilaka Ranawaka, Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera, Yamuna Siriwardana, BHAGYA DEEPACHANDI

  38. A highly sensitive modified nested PCR to enhance case detection in leishmaniasis

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    BHAGYA DEEPACHANDI, Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  39. A multicentric evaluation of dipstick test for serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Ethiopia and Spain

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  40. Leishmania donovani Induced Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: An Insight into Atypical Clinical Variants in Sri Lanka

    Article • Journal of Tropical Medicine, May 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera, Yamuna Siriwardana, BHAGYA DEEPACHANDI

  41. Trends in Recently Emerged Leishmania donovani Induced Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Sri Lanka, for the First 13 Years

    Article • BioMed Research International, April 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    BHAGYA DEEPACHANDI, Ranthilaka Ranawaka, Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera, Chandani Udagedara, Yamuna Siriwardana, Janaka Akarawita

  42. Host genetic polymorphisms and serological response against malaria in a selected population in Sri Lanka

    Article • Malaria Journal, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  43. Genomic insights into virulence mechanisms of Leishmania donovani: evidence from an atypical strain

    Article • BMC Genomics, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Hideo Imamura, Sumudu Rangika Samarasinghe, Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  44. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: effect on quality of life

    Article • International Journal of Dermatology, September 2018, Wiley

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  45. Human candidate gene polymorphisms and risk of severe malaria in children in Kilifi, Kenya: a case-control association study

    Article • The Lancet Haematology, August 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  46. Challenges to eliminate leishmaniasis from South Asia

    Article • Parasitology, April 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  47. Tissue Impression Smears as a Supplementary Diagnostic Method for Histopathology in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, March 2018, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera, Dr. Nuwani H Manamperi

  48. First scientific evidence for a antibody response of leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera, BHAGYA DEEPACHANDI, Preethi Soysa, Yamuna Siriwardana

  49. Genetic diversity of Leishmania donovani that causes cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: a cross sectional study with regional comparisons

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  50. Dermotropic Leishmania donovani in Sri Lanka: visceralizing potential in clinical and preclinical studies

    Article • Parasitology, November 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  51. Efficacy, Safety and Cost-Effectiveness of Thermotherapy in the Treatment of Leishmania donovani–Induced Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, October 2017, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  52. Emergence of visceral leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: a newly established health threat

    Article • Pathogens and Global Health, August 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  53. Case report of Plasmodium ovale curtisi malaria in Sri Lanka: relevance for the maintenance of elimination status

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  54. In situ immunopathological changes in cutaneous leishmaniasis due toLeishmania donovani

    Article • Parasite Immunology, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Nuwani H Manamperi, Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  55. Prevalence of G6PD deficiency in selected populations from two previously high malaria endemic areas of Sri Lanka

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2017, PLOS

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  56. Effectiveness of a serological tool to predict malaria transmission intensity in an elimination setting

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  57. Genomic analysis of local variation and recent evolution in Plasmodium vivax

    Article • Nature Genetics, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  58. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay as a sensitive diagnostic tool for Leishmania donovani infections in Sri Lanka

    Article • Ceylon Medical Journal, June 2016, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  59. Admixture into and within sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • eLife, June 2016, eLife

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  60. Effect of human genes in developing cutaneous leishmaniasis

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera, Dr Nilakshi Samaranayake

  61. Macrophage cell responses in cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  62. HLA determinants of susceptibility and protection to L. donovani: in silico analysis

    Article • International Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  63. Leishmaniasis: Path toward elimination from the Indian subcontinent

    Article • January 2016, Medknow

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  64. Nonresponsiveness to standard treatment in cutaneous leishmaniasis: A case series from Sri Lanka

    Article • January 2016, Medknow

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  65. An E-mail interview with Dr. Nadira Karunaweera, Senior Professor and Chair, Head of Department Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

    Article • January 2016, Medknow

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  66. Characterisation of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Matara district, southern Sri Lanka: evidence for case clustering

    Article • Pathogens and Global Health, October 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  67. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and the risk of malaria and other diseases in children in Kenya: a case-control and a cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Haematology, October 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  68. Genetic determinants of anti-malarial acquired immunity in a large multi-centre study

    Article • Malaria Journal, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  69. Plasmodium vivax Diversity and Population Structure across Four Continents

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, June 2015, PLOS

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera, Prof Didier Menard

  70. Use of a clinical tool for screening and diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka

    Article • Pathogens and Global Health, June 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  71. Advances in genetics and genomics: use and limitations in achieving malaria elimination goals

    Article • Pathogens and Global Health, May 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  72. Development of a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Barcode to Genotype Plasmodium vivax Infections

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, March 2015, PLOS

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  73. G6PD gene variants and its association with malaria in a Sri Lankan population

    Article • Malaria Journal, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  74. Integrated School-Based Surveillance for Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections and Lymphatic Filariasis in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, April 2014, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  75. The Sri Lankan paradox: high genetic diversity in Plasmodium vivax populations despite decreasing levels of malaria transmission

    Article • Parasitology, February 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  76. Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae) can live on ripe bananas - a potential health hazard?

    Article • Ceylon Medical Journal, January 2014, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  77. On the road to eliminate malaria in Sri Lanka: lessons from history, challenges, gaps in knowledge and research needs

    Article • Malaria Journal, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  78. Health research towards nation development

    Article • Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka, June 2013, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  79. Leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: a decade old story

    Article • Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, August 2012, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  80. Genetic polymorphisms associated with anti-malarial antibody levels in a low and unstable malaria transmission area in southern Sri Lanka

    Article • Malaria Journal, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  81. Distribution Pattern of Plasmodium falciparum Chloroquine Transporter (pfcrt) Gene Haplotypes in Sri Lanka 1996–2006

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, November 2011, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  82. First successful in vitro culture of autochthonous Leishmania sp.<.i> in Sri Lanka

    Article • Ceylon Medical Journal, August 2011, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  83. Clinical features, risk factors and efficacy of cryotherapy in cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka

    Article • Ceylon Medical Journal, August 2011, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  84. Efficacy of a five-day course of primaquine in preventing relapses in Plasmodium vivax malaria - a pilot study

    Article • Ceylon Medical Journal, August 2011, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  85. Bertiella studeri infection: resistance to niclosamide

    Article • Ceylon Medical Journal, August 2011, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  86. Evaluation of a rapid whole blood immunochromatographic assay for the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria

    Article • Ceylon Medical Journal, August 2011, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  87. Co‐infection of mucosal leishmaniasis and extra pulmonary tuberculosis in a patient with inherent immune deficiency

    Article • International Journal of Dermatology, April 2010, Wiley

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  88. Clinical and epidemiological studies on the cutaneous leishmaniasis caused byLeishmania(Leishmania)donovaniin Sri Lanka

    Article • Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, April 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Neil Thalagala, Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  89. Study of dirofilariasis in a selected area in the Western Province

    Article • Ceylon Medical Journal, February 2010, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  90. Geographic Structure of Plasmodium vivax: Microsatellite Analysis of Parasite Populations from Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Ethiopia

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, February 2010, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  91. Single-nucleotide polymorphism, linkage disequilibrium and geographic structure in the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax: prospects for genome-wide association studies

    Article • BMC Genetics, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  92. Imported drug-resistant severe malaria

    Article • Ceylon Medical Journal, December 2009, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  93. Leishmania donovani causing cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: a wolf in sheep's clothing?

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, October 2009, Elsevier

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  94. A simple, cost effective method for isolation and transportation of

    Article • Ceylon Medical Journal, July 2009, Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  95. Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa

    Article • Nature Genetics, May 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  96. A global network for investigating the genomic epidemiology of malaria

    Article • Nature, December 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  97. Costs and effectiveness of application of Poecilia reticulata (guppy) and temephos in anopheline mosquito control in river basins below the major dams of Sri Lanka

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, July 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  98. Tumour necrosis factor-dependent parasite-killing effects during paroxysms in non-immune Plasmodium vivax malaria patients

    Article • Clinical & Experimental Immunology, June 2008, Wiley

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  99. Efficacy of RPMI 1640 and M 199 media in the isolation ofLeishmaniafrom cutaneous lesions

    Article • Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, March 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  100. Extensive microsatellite diversity in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax

    Article • Gene, February 2008, Elsevier

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  101. Larvivorous Potential of the Guppy, Poecilia reticulata, in Anopheline Mosquito Control in Riverbed Pools Below the Kotmale Dam, Sri Lanka

    Article • Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, January 2008, SAGE Publications

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  102. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in southern Sri Lanka

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, August 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  103. Impact of the 2004 mass drug administration for the control of lymphatic filariasis, in urban and rural areas of the Western province of Sri Lanka

    Article • Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, June 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  104. Factors influencing drug compliance in the mass drug administration programme against filariasis in the Western province of Sri Lanka

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, May 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  105. Population Structure and Transmission Dynamics of Plasmodium vivax in Rural Amazonia

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  106. Leishmania donovani and Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Sri Lanka

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, March 2007, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  107. Plasmodium vivax: paroxysm-associated lipids mediate leukocyte aggregation

    Article • Malaria Journal, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  108. Fourteen polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers for the human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax

    Article • Molecular Ecology Notes, November 2006, Wiley

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  109. Anopheline breeding in river bed pools below major dams in Sri Lanka

    Article • Acta Tropica, August 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  110. Microculture for the isolation ofLeishmania, modified to increase efficacy: a follow-up to a previous study

    Article • Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, January 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  111. Microculture for the isolation ofLeishmaniaparasites from cutaneous lesions — Sri Lankan experience

    Article • Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, September 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  112. Effects of climatic, socio–economic and behavioural factors on the transmission of hookworm (Necator americanus) on two low-country plantations in Sri Lanka

    Article • Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, September 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  113. Malarial vectors in an irrigated rice cultivation area in southern Sri Lanka

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, February 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  114. Wet-days: are they better indicators of Ascaris infection levels?

    Article • Journal of Helminthology, December 2004, Cambridge University Press

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  115. Socio–economic and behavioural factors affecting the prevalence ofAscarisinfection in a low-country tea plantation in Sri Lanka

    Article • Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, September 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  116. A simple device to maintain in vitro cultures of Leishmania in tropical countries

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, May 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  117. A cost analysis of the use of the rapid, whole-blood, immunochromatographic P.f/P.v assay for the diagnosis ofPlasmodium vivaxmalaria in a rural area of Sri Lanka

    Article • Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, January 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  118. Sri Lankan cutaneous leishmaniasis is caused by Leishmania donovani zymodeme MON-37

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, July 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  119. The paroxysm of Plasmodium vivax malaria

    Article • Trends in Parasitology, April 2003, Elsevier

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  120. Larvicidal effects of mineral turpentine, low aromatic white spirits, aqueous extracts of Cassia alata, and aqueous extracts, ethanolic extracts and essential oil of betel leaf (Piper betle) on Chrysomya megacephala

    Article • International Journal of Dermatology, December 2002, Wiley

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  121. A study of cutaneous myiasis in Sri Lanka

    Article • International Journal of Dermatology, September 2000, Wiley

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  122. Mediators and Mechanisms Associated with Paroxysm in Plasmodium vivax Malaria

    Article • Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, April 1997, Wiley

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  123. Dynamics of fever and serum levels of tumor necrosis factor are closely associated during clinical paroxysms in Plasmodium vivax malaria.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 1992, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  124. Cytokines kill malaria parasites during infection crisis: extracellular complementary factors are essential.

    Article • The Journal of Experimental Medicine, March 1991, Rockefeller University Press

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera

  125. Anti-parasite effects of cytokines in malaria

    Article • Immunology Letters, August 1990, Elsevier

    Prof. Nadira D. Karunaweera