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

Review paper
Piyasiri, S.B.; Dewasurendra, R.; Samaranayake, N.; Karunaweera, N.
Diagnostics 2023, 13, 2989.
Publication year: 2023

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

Research paper
Rajika L. Dewasurendra, Silva H, Samaranayake N, Manamperi N, Silva Nd, Karunanayake P, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 16(10): e0010821.
Publication year: 2022

Spatiotemporal distribution of cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Sri Lana and future case burden estimates.

Research paper
ND Karunaweera, S Senanayake, S. Ginige, H Silva, N Manamperi, N Samaranayake, R Dewasurendra et al.
PLOS Negl Trop Dis 15(4): e0009346
Publication year: 2021

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

Research paper
Rajika L. Dewasurendra, Nuno Sepulveda, Naduviladath Chandrasekharan, Nadira D. Karunaweera, GSA Gunawardena (2021). Polymorohisms in rs915941 and rs915942
J. Natn.Sci. Foundation Sri Lanka 2021. 49(2):157-168
Publication year: 2021

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

Research paper
Rajika L. Dewasurendra , Mary Lynn Baniecki , Stephen Schafner, Yamuna Siriwardena , Jade Moon , R. Doshi , Sharmini Gunawardena , Rachel F. Daniels , Daniel Neafsey, Sarah Volkman, Naduviladath V. Chandrasekharan, Dyann F. Wirth and Nadira D. Karunaweera
Malaria Journal 19: 342.
Publication year: 2020

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

Research paper
Rajika L. Dewasurendra , Anna Jefreys , Sharmini A. Gunawardena , Naduviladath V. Chandrasekharan , Kirk Rockett , Dominic Kwiatkowski and Nadira D. Karunaweera
Malaria Journal. 17:473.
Publication year: 2018

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

Research paper
Rajika L. Dewasurendra , Janaka Nandana Dias , Nuno Sepulveda, Geethika Sharmini Abayaweera Gunawardena , Naduviladath Chandrasekharan , Chris Drakeley and Nadira Dharshani Karunaweera
BMC Infectious Diseases 17: 49.
Publication year: 2017

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

Research paper
Shelton, JMG, et al., R. Dewasurendra
Malaria Journal 14:333.
Publication year: 2015

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

Research paper
Rajika L Dewasurendra , Kirk A Rockett , S Deepika Fernando , Richard Carter , Dominic P Kwiatkowski and Nadira D Karunaweera in collaboration with the MalariaGEN Consortium
Malaria Journal. 14:93.
Publication year: 2015

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

Research paper
Rajika L Dewasurendra , Prapat Suriyaphol , Sumadhya D Fernando , Richard Carter , Kirk Rockett , Patrick Corran , Dominic Kwiatkowski and Nadira D Karunaweera in collaboration with the 7 MalariaGEN Consortium
Malaria Journal 11:281.
Publication year: 2012

Toxocara seropositivity in Sri Lankan children with Asthma

Research paper
Fernando S. D., Wickramasinghe V. P., Kapilananda G. M.G., Dewasurendra R. L., Amarasooriya J. D. M.S., Dayaratne H. G. A.K.,
Paediatrics International 51(2): 241-245.
Publication year: 2009

The Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Network: A global network for investigating the genomic epidemiology of Malaria

Nature: 456 732 – 737
Publication year: 2008