Publications

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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