Professor Nadira Karunaweera
Research Publications
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Risk Factor Analysis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka through a Nationwide Survey.
Research Publications
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 110(6):1110-1116. PMID: 38593788; PMCID: PMC11154038.
Publication year: 2024
Evaluation of CD1a immunostaining in the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani in Sri Lanka.
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Parasitology. 2024 Sep;151(10):1148-1153. Epub 2024 Nov 11. PMID: 39523649; PMCID: PMC11894021.
Publication year: 2024
Distribution and Seasonal Variation of Phlebotomus and Sergentomyia Sand Fly Populations in Bhutan.
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Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Apr 9;110(6):1117-1126. PMID: 38593793; PMCID: PMC11154039.
Publication year: 2024
Autochthonous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania tropica, Identified by Using Whole-Genome Sequencing, Sri Lanka.
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Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Sep;30(9):1872-1883. PMID: 39174018.
Publication year: 2024
Unfolded protein response pathway in leishmaniasis: A review
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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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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. 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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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
Cytokine and phenotypic cell profiles in human cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani
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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. 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. (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. (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. 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 (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
Research Publications
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 104(3): 945-950
Publication year: 2021
Image Processing for mHealth-Based Approach to Detect the Local Tissue Inflammation in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Proof of Concept Study.
Research Publications
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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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