Merino EF, Fernandez-Becerra C, Alan C, Durham M, Ferreira JE, Tumilsci VF, d’Arc-Neves J, da Silva-Nunes M, Ferreira MU, Wickramarachchi TA, Udagama-Randeniya PV, Handunnetti SM and del Portillo HA. Multi-character population study of the vir subtelomeric multigene superfamily of Plasmodium vivax, a major human malaria parasite. Molecular Biochemical Parasitology, 2006; 149: 10-16

Pathirana SL, Alles HA, Sumith Bandara, Myat Phone-Kyaw, Perera MK, Wickremesinghe AR, Mendis KN and Handunnetti SM. ABO blood group types and protection against severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 2005; 99: 119-124

Senevirathne N, Manamperi A, Kapilananda GMG, Longacre S, Handunnetti SM and Randeniya PV. A double antibody sandwich ELISA for the diagnosis of vivax malaria: a tool for further research. Ceylon Journal of Medical Sciences, 1999; 43:11-18

Perera KLRL, Handunnetti SM, Holm I, Longacre S and Mendis KN. Baculovirus merozoite surface protein 1 C-terminal recombinant antigens are highly protective in a natural primate model for human Plasmodium vivax malaria. Infection & Immunity, 1998; 66:1500-1506

Handunnetti SM, Gunawardena DM, Pathirana PPSL, Ekanayake K, Weerasinghe S and Mendis KN. Features of recrudescent chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum infections confer a survival advantage on parasites, and have implications for disease control. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygeine, 1996; 90: 563-567

Handunnetti SM, Jayasinghe S, Pathirana PPSL, Fernando R, Sheriff MHR, and Mendis KN. Sulphadoxine‑pyrimethamine and chloroquine resistant Plasmodium falciparum infection in Sri Lanka. Ceylon Medical Journal, 1994; 39:45‑46

van Schravendijk MR, Pasloske BL, Baruch DI, Handunnetti SM, and Howard RJ. Immunochemical characterization and differentiation of two ~300 kDa erythrocyte membrane‑associated proteins of Plasmodium falciparum, PfEMP1 and PfEMP3. American Journal Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 1993; 49:552‑565

Pasloske BL, Baruch DI, van Schravendijk MR, Handunnetti SM, Aikawa M, Fujioka H, Taraschi TF, Gormley JA, and Howard RJ. Cloning and characterization of a Plasmodium falciparum gene encoding a novel high molecular weight host membrane associated protein PfEMP3. Molecular Biochemical Parasitology, 1993; 59:59‑72

Handunnetti SM, Pasloske BL, van Schravendijk MR, Aguiar JC, Taraschi TF, Gormley JA and Howard RJ.The characterization of two monoclonal antibodies which react with high molecular weight antigens of asexual Plasmodium falciparum. Molecular Biochemical Parasitology, 1992; 54:231‑246

Handunnetti SM, Gilladoga AD, van Schravendijk M‑R, Nakomura K, Aikawa M, and Howard RJ. Purification and invitro selection of rosette‑positive (R+) and rosette‑negative (R‑) phenotypes of knob‑positive Plasmodium falciparum parasites. American Journal Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 1992; 46:371‑381

Handunnetti SM, Hasler TH, van Schravendijk M‑R, and Howard RJ.Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes do not adhere well to C32 melanoma cells or CD36 unless rosettes with uninfected erythrocytes are first disrupted. Infection & Immunity, 1992; 60:928‑932

van Schravendijk MR, Handunnetti SM, Barnwell JW, and Howard RJ. Normal human erythrocytes express CD36, an adhesion molecule of monocytes, platelets, and endothelial cells. Blood, 1992; 80:2105‑2114

Handunnetti SM, van Schravendijk M‑R, Hasler TH, Barnwell JW, Greenwalt DE, and Howard RJ. Involvement of CD36 on erythrocytes as a Rosetting receptor for Plasmodium falciparum‑infected erythrocytes. Blood, 1992; 80:2097‑2104

Kaul DK, Roth Jr EF, Nagel RL, Howard RJ, and Handunnetti SM. Rosetting of Plasmodium falciparum‑infected cells with uninfected red cells enhances microvascular obstruction under flow conditions. Blood, 1991; 78:812‑819

Howard RJ, Handunnetti SM, Hasler TH, Gilladoga AD, Aguiar JC, Pasloske BL, Morehead K, Albrecht GR, and van Schravendijk M‑R. Surface molecules on Plasmodium falciparum‑infected erythrocytes involved in adherence. American Journal Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 1990; 43(2) suppl:15‑29

Hasler TH, Handunnetti SM, Aguiar JC, van Schravendijk M‑R, Greenwood BM, Lallinger G, Cegielski P, and Howard RJ. In vitro rosetting, cytoadherence, and microagglutination properties of Plasmodium falciparum‑infected erythrocytes from Gambian and Tanzanian patients. Blood, 1990; 76: 1845‑1852

Elliott JFE, Albrecht GR, Gilladoga AD, Handunnetti SM, Neequaye J, Lallinger G, Minjas JN, and Howard RJ. Genes for Plasmodium falciparum surface antigens cloned by expression in COS cells. Proceedings National Academy of Science, U. S. A. 1990; 87:6363‑6367

Handunnetti SM, David PH, Perera KLRL, and Mendis KN. Uninfected erythrocytes form rosettes around Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes. American Journal Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 1989; 40:115‑118

David PH, Handunnetti SM, Leech JH, Gamage CP, and Mendis KN. Rosetting: A new cytoadherence property of malaria infected erythrocytes. American Journal Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 1988; 38: 289‑297

Langsley G, Patarapotikul J, Handunnetti SM, Khouri E, Mendis KN, and David PH. Plasmodium vivax: Karyotype polymorphism of field isolates. Experimental Parasitology 1988; 76: 301‑306

Handunnetti SM, Mendis KN, and David PH. Antigenic variation of cloned Plasmodium fragile in its natural host Macacasinica: Sequential appearance of successive variant antigenic types. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 1987; 165: 1269‑1283