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Unfolded protein response pathway in leishmaniasis: A review

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2. Edirisinghe NM, Manamperi NH, Wanasinghe VS, Karunaweera N

Edirisinghe NM, Manamperi NH, Wanasinghe VS, Karunaweera N. Unfolded protein response pathway in leishmaniasis: A review. Parasite Immunol. 2023 Nov;45(11):e13009. doi: 10.1111/pim.13009. Epub 2023 Aug 11. PMID: 37571855.

Publication year: 2023

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

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Riyal H, Samaranayake N, Amarathunga P, Munidasa D, Karunaweera ND.

20. Riyal H, Samaranayake N, Amarathunga P, Munidasa D, Karunaweera ND. Histological findings associated with treatment response in cutaneous leishmaniasis: a clinicopathological correlation study. Int J Dermatol. 2023 Oct;62(10):1237-1247. doi: 10.1111/ijd.16826. PMID: 37723978; PMCID: PMC10516507.

Publication year: 2023

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

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Riyal H, Ferreira TR, Paun A, Ghosh K, Samaranayake N, Sacks DL, Karunaweera ND

Riyal H, Ferreira TR, Paun A, Ghosh K, Samaranayake N, Sacks DL, Karunaweera ND. First evidence of experimental genetic hybridization between cutaneous and visceral strains of Leishmania donovani within its natural vector Phlebotomus argentipes. Acta Trop. 2023 Sep;245:106979. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2023.106979. Epub 2023 Jun 28. PMID: 37391025.

Publication year: 2023

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

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1. Piyasiri SB, Dewasurendra R, Samaranayake N, Karunaweera N.

Piyasiri SB, Dewasurendra R, Samaranayake N, Karunaweera N. Diagnostic Tools for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania donovani: A Narrative Review. Diagnostics (Basel). 2023 Sep 18;13(18):2989. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics13182989. PMID: 37761356; PMCID: PMC10529649.

Publication year: 2023

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Publication year: 2023

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

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Wijesooriya H, Samaranayake N, Karunaweera ND

Wijesooriya H, Samaranayake N, Karunaweera ND (2023) Cytokine and phenotypic cell profiles in human cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani. PLoS ONE 18(1): e0270722. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0270722

Publication year: 2023

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

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Louradour I, Ferreira TR, Duge E, Karunaweera N, Paun A, Sacks D

Louradour I, Ferreira TR, Duge E, Karunaweera N, Paun A, Sacks D. Stress conditions promote Leishmania hybridization in vitro marked by expression of the ancestral gamete fusogen HAP2 as revealed by single-cell RNA-seq. Elife. 2022;11:e73488. Published 2022 Jan 7. doi:10.7554/eLife.73488

Publication year: 2022

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

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Piyasiri SB, Samaranayake TN, Silva H, Manamperi NH, Karunaweera ND

Piyasiri SB, Samaranayake TN, Silva H, Manamperi NH, Karunaweera ND. (2022). ELISA based evaluation of antibody response to Leishmania in a region endemic for cutaneous leishmaniasis. Parasite Immunol. e12940. doi: 10.1111/pim.12940.

Publication year: 2022

Assessment of knowledge and perceptions in leishmaniasis: an island-wide study in Sri Lanka

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Dewasurendra R, Silva H, Samaranayake N, Manamperi N, Senanayake S, de Silva N, Karunanayake P, Senerath U, Senanayake S, Zhou G, Karunaweera ND

Dewasurendra R, Silva H, Samaranayake N, Manamperi N, Senanayake S, de Silva N, Karunanayake P, Senerath U, Senanayake S, Zhou G, Karunaweera ND. (2022). Assessment of knowledge and perceptions in leishmaniasis: an island-wide study in Sri Lanka. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 16(10): e0010821. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010821

Publication year: 2022

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

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MalariaGEN; Adam I, Alam MS, Alemu S, Amaratunga C, Amato R, Andrianaranjaka V, Anstey NM, Aseffa A, Ashley E, Assefa A, Auburn S, Barber BE, Barry A, Batista Pereira D, Cao J, Chau NH, Chotivanich K, Chu C, Dondorp AM, Drury E, Echeverry DF, Erko B, Espino F, Fairhurst R, Faiz A, Fernanda Villegas M, Gao Q, Golassa L, Goncalves S, Grigg MJ, Hamedi Y, Hien TT, Htut Y, Johnson KJ, Karunaweera N, Khan W, Krudsood S, Kwiatkowski DP, Lacerda M, Ley B, Lim P, Liu Y, Llanos-Cuentas A, Lon C, Lopera-Mesa T, Marfurt J, Michon P, Miotto O, Mohammed R, Mueller I, Namaik-Larp C, Newton PN, Nguyen TN, Nosten F, Noviyanti R, Pava Z, Pearson RD, Petros B, Phyo AP, Price RN, Pukrittayakamee S, Rahim AG, Randrianarivelojosia M, Rayner JC, Rumaseb A, Siegel SV, Simpson VJ, Thriemer K, Tobon-Castano A, Trimarsanto H, Urbano Ferreira M, Vélez ID, Wangchuk S, Wellems TE, White NJ, William T, Yasnot MF, Yilma D.

MalariaGEN; Adam I, Alam MS, Alemu S, Amaratunga C, Amato R, Andrianaranjaka V, Anstey NM, Aseffa A, Ashley E, Assefa A, Auburn S, Barber BE, Barry A, Batista Pereira D, Cao J, Chau NH, Chotivanich K, Chu C, Dondorp AM, Drury E, Echeverry DF, Erko B, Espino F, Fairhurst R, Faiz A, Fernanda Villegas M, Gao Q, Golassa L, Goncalves S, Grigg MJ, Hamedi Y, Hien TT, Htut Y, Johnson KJ, Karunaweera N, Khan W, Krudsood S, Kwiatkowski DP, Lacerda M, Ley B, Lim P, Liu Y, Llanos-Cuentas A, Lon C, Lopera-Mesa T, Marfurt J, Michon P, Miotto O, Mohammed R, Mueller I, Namaik-Larp C, Newton PN, Nguyen TN, Nosten F, Noviyanti R, Pava Z, Pearson RD, Petros B, Phyo AP, Price RN, Pukrittayakamee S, Rahim AG, Randrianarivelojosia M, Rayner JC, Rumaseb A, Siegel SV, Simpson VJ, Thriemer K, Tobon-Castano A, Trimarsanto H, Urbano Ferreira M, Vélez ID, Wangchuk S, Wellems TE, White NJ, William T, Yasnot MF, Yilma D. An open dataset of Plasmodium vivax genome variation in 1,895 worldwide samples. Wellcome Open Res. 2022 Apr 14;7:136. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17795.1. PMID: 35651694; PMCID: PMC9127374.

Publication year: 2022

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

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Silva H, Liyanage A, Deerasinghe T, Chandrasekara V, Chellappan K, Karunaweera ND

Silva H, Liyanage A, Deerasinghe T, Chandrasekara V, Chellappan K, Karunaweera ND (2021) Treatment failure to sodium stibogluconate in cutaneous leishmaniasis: A challenge to infection control and disease elimination. PLoS ONE 16(10): e0259009. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259009

Publication year: 2021

Therapeutic response to thermotherapy in cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment failures for sodium stibogluconate: A randomized controlled proof of principle clinical trial

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Silva H, Liyanage A, Deerasinghe T, Sumanasena B, Munidasa D, de Silva H, Weerasingha S, Fernandopulle R, Karunaweera ND

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 104(3): 945-950

Publication year: 2021

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

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Karunaweera ND, Senanayake S, Ginige S, Silva H, Manamperi N, Samaranayake N, Dewasurendra R, Karunanayake P, Gamage D, de Silva N, Senarath U, Zhou G

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021 Apr 23;15(4):e0009346

Publication year: 2021

Polymorphisms in rs915941 and rs915942: Are they associated with increased risk of G6PD enzyme deficiency in the Sri Lankan population?

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Dewasurendra R, Sepulveda N, Chandrasekharan N, Karunaweera ND, Gunawardena S

J Natn Sci Foundation Sri Lanka 49 (2): 157 -168

Publication year: 2021

Polymorphisms in rs915941 and rs915942: Are they associated with increased risk of G6PD enzyme deficiency in the Sri Lankan population?

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Dewasurendra R, Sepulveda N, Chandrasekharan N, Karunaweera ND, Gunawardena S

J Natn Sci Foundation Sri Lanka 49 (2): 157 -168

Publication year: 2021

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

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18. Silva H, Chellappan K, Karunaweera ND

Hermali Silva, Kalaivani Chellappan, Nadira Karunaweera, "Image Processing for mHealth-Based Approach to Detect the Local Tissue Inflammation in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Proof of Concept Study", Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, vol. 2021, Article ID 4208254, 9 pages, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/4208254

Publication year: 2021

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

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20. Pathirage DRK, Weeraratne TC, Senanayake SC, Karunaratne SHPP, Karunaweera ND

Pathirage DRK, Weeraratne TC, Senanayake SC, Karunaratne SHPP, Karunaweera ND (2021) Genetic diversity and population structure of Phlebotomus argentipes: Vector of Leishmania donovani in Sri Lanka. PLoS ONE 16(9): e0256819. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256819

Publication year: 2021