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LEDoxy-SL: A Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Randomized, 24-Month Trial of Six Weeks of Daily Doxycycline Plus Hygiene-Based Essential Care for Reducing Progression of Filarial Lymphedema in Sri Lanka.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Yahathugoda TC, De Silva NL, Ruben J, Gunawardena S, Weerasooriya MV, Horton J, Budge P, Ottesen E, Sullivan SM, Stephens M, Shen J, Klarmann-Schulz U, Hoerauf A, Shott JP, Mackenzie C.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2024: 111(Suppl 4), 2024, pp. 52–65. PMID: 39043165. PMCID: PMC11448493.
Publication year: 2024

An Ensemble Framework for Projecting the Impact of Lymphatic Filariasis Interventions Across Sub-Saharan Africa at a Fine Spatial Scale.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Touloupou P, Fronterre C, Cano J, Prada JM, Smith M, Kontoroupis P, Brown P, Rivera RC, de Vlas SJ, Gunawardena S, Irvine MA, Njenga SM, Reimer L, Seife F, Sharma S, Michael E, Stolk WA, Pulan R, Spencer SEF, Hollingsworth TD.
Clinical Infectious Diseases. 78(Supplement_2): S108-S116.PMID: 38662704; PMCID: PMC11045016.
Publication year: 2024

Handbook on Laboratory Diagnosis of Lymphatic Filariasis. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.

Books
Gunawardena S. et al.,
ISBN: 978-955-54210-2-7.
Publication year: 2023

Handbook on Laboratory Diagnosis of Intestinal Protozoa and Helminths. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.

Books
Gunawardena S. et al.,
ISBN: 978-955-54210-1-0.
Publication year: 2023

External ophthalmomyiasis by larvae of Oestrus ovis (sheep nasal botfly): Second case report from Sri Lanka.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Gunathilake T, Rajapaksha G, Gunatilake H, Senanayake S, Dayawansa R, Gunawardena S.
Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 13(1): E34 1-5.
Publication year: 2023

Drugs for Parasitic Infections. A Quick Reference Guide.

Books
Gunawardena S.
Colombo Medical Faculty Publishers. ISBN: 978-624-5873-31-9.
Publication year: 2022

Characterization of antigens of Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) eggs.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
De Kostha YBNS, Pathirana SL, Handunnetti SM, Gunawardena S.
Scientific Reports 12: 14414.
Publication year: 2022

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

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Dewasurendra R, Sepulveda N, Chandrasekharan N, Karunaweera N, Gunawardena S
Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. 49 (2): 157-168
Publication year: 2021

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

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Dewasurendra R, Baniecki M, Schaffner S, Siriwardena Y, Moon J, Doshi R, Gunawardena S, Daniels R, Neafsey D, Volkman S, Chandrasekharan N, Wirth D, Karunaweera ND
Malaria Journal 19: 342.
Publication year: 2020

Reassessment of the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Sri Lanka to enable a more focused control programme: a cross-sectional national school survey with spatial modelling.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Ediriweera D, Gunawardena S, Gunawardena NK, Iddawela D, Kannathasan S, Murugananthan A, Yahathugoda C, Pathmeswaran A, Diggle PJ and de Silva NR
Lancet Global Health. 7:e1237–46.
Publication year: 2019

Health in rural Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional survey of three rural districts

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Senarath U, Senanayake S, Pathirana S, Karunaweera N, Weerasinghe MC, Gunawardena NS, Munugoda IP, Jayasinghe S, Amarathunga P, Corea E, De Silva V, Fernando D, Fernando R, Gnanathasan A, Gunatilake M, Gunawardena S, Katulanda P, Rajapakse S, Samaranayake N, Siriwardana Y
Ceylon Medical Journal. 2019; 64: 103-110
Publication year: 2019

Seasonally timed treatment programs for Ascaris lumbricoides to increase impact—An investigation using mathematical models.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Davis EL, Danon L, Prada JM, Gunawardena SA, Truscott JE, Vlaminck J, et al.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 12(1): e0006195
Publication year: 2018

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

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Dewasurendra R, Jeffreys A, Gunawardena S, Chandrasekharan N, Rockett K, Kwiatkowski D, Karunaweera N
Malaria Journal 17:473
Publication year: 2018

Differential impact of co-infection on establishment and fecundity of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) in a tea plantation community in Sri Lanka

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Lepper HC, Prada JM, Davis EL, Gunawardena SA, Hollingsworth, TD
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 112: 397 – 404.
Publication year: 2018

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

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
GSA Gunawardena, GMG Kapilananda, SMDN Samarakoon, S Maddevithana, WSS Wijesundera, LV Goonaratne, ND Karunaweera
PLoS One; 12(2):e0171208. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171208.
Publication year: 2017

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

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Gunawardena S, Kapilananda GMG, Samarakoon MDN, Maddevithana S, Wijesundera WSS, Goonaratne LV and Karunaweera ND
PLoS ONE 12(2): e0171208
Publication year: 2017

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

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Dewasurendra RL, Dias JN, Sepulveda N, Gunawardena S, Chandrasekharan N, Drakeley C, Karunaweera ND
BMC Infectious Diseases 17:49
Publication year: 2017

Case report of Plasmodium ovale curtisi malaria in Sri Lanka: relevance for maintenance of elimination status. BMC Infectious Diseases

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
GSA Gunawardena, RF Daniels, TC Yahathugoda; MV Weerasooriya, K Durfee, SK Volkman, DF Wirth, ND Karunaweera.
17(1):307. doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2411-z.
Publication year: 2017

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

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Gunawardena S and KarunaweeraND.
 Pathogens and Global Health. 109 (3):123-141
Publication year: 2015

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

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Gunawardena S, Ferreira MU, Kapilananda GMG, Wirth DF and KarunaweeraND
Publication year: 2014

Integrated school-based surveillance for soil-transmitted helminth infections and lymphatic filariasis in Gampaha district, Sri Lanka

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Gunawardena S, Gunawardena N, Kahathuduwa G, Karunaweera N, de Silva N, Ranasinghe U, Samarasekara S, Nagodavithana K, Rao R, Rebollo M and Weil G.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 90: 661 - 666. doi:10.4269/ajtmh.13-0641.
Publication year: 2014

Role of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in malaria diagnosis. In: An update on malaria. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Colombo

CONTRIBUTION TO TEXT BOOKS
Gunawardena S.
pp 33-36. ISBN: 978-955-50677-8-2. 
Publication year: 2013

Prevalence of Enterobius vermicularisinfection among schoolchildren attending four selected schools in the Hambantota district of Sri Lanka

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Gunawardena GSA, Gunatilleke MH, Ismail MM
Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 3: 17 - 20.
Publication year: 2013

Toxoplasmosis: The most extreme parasite

CONTRIBUTION TO TEXT BOOKS
Gunawardena S
ISBN 978-955-54210-0-3
Publication year: 2012

Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence among two selected groups of pregnant women

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
SubasingheSDLP, Karunaweera ND, Kaluarachchi A, Abayaweera CA, GunatilakeMH, RanawakaJ, JayasundaraDMCS, Gunawardena GSA
Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 1: 9-17.
Publication year: 2011

Single-nucleotide polymorphism, linkage disequilibrium and geographic structure in the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax:

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Orjuela-Sanchez P, Karunaweera N, da Silva-Nunes M, da Silva N, Scopel K, Goncalves R, Amaratunga C, Sa J, Socheat D, Fairhurst R, Gunawardena S, Thavakodirasah T, Galapaththy G, Abeysinghe R, Kawamoto F, Wirth D, Ferreira M
Publication year: 2010

Geographic structure of Plasmodium vivax: microsatellite analysis of parasite populations from Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Ethiopia

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Gunawardena S, Karunaweera ND, Ferreira MU, Phone-Kyaw M, Pollack RJ, Alifrangis M, Rajakaruna RS, Konradsen F, Amerasinghe PH, Schousboe ML, Galappaththy GNL, Abeyasinghe RR, Hartl DL and Wirth DF.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 82: 235 - 242.
Publication year: 2010

Pharmacovigilance through consumer feedback (reporting) in the mass treatment of lymphatic filariasis using diethylcarbamazine and albendazole in two districts of Sri Lanka

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Gunawardena S, Sri Ranganathan S and Fernandopulle R
Publication year: 2009

Anthelminthic prescribing patterns of a sample of General Practitioners from selected areas in the Colombo district of Sri Lanka

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Gunawardena GSA, Siriwardana C, Paranavitane SR, Ismail MM, Fernando SD
Indian Journal of Community Medicine. 33: 93 – 99.
Publication year: 2008

Acute large bowel obstruction due to Ascaris lumbricoides in a child from Sri Lanka

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Gunawardena SA, Gunawardena GSA
Publication year: 2008
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