Nadira Karunaweera

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

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

PLoS One. 2021. 16(9):e0256819. PMID: 34529694

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

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 04. 15(4):e0009346. PMID: 33891608

Author Correction: A multicentric evaluation of dipstick test for serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Ethiopia and Spain.

Ejazi SA, Ghosh S, Saha S, Choudhury ST, Bhattacharyya A, Chatterjee M, Pandey K, Das VNR, Das P, Rahaman M, Goswami RP, Rai K, Khanal B, Bhattarai NR, Deepachandi B, Siriwardana YD, Karunaweera ND, deBrito MEF, Gomes YM, Nakazawa M, Costa CHN, Adem E, Yeshanew A, Melkamu R, Fikre H, Hurissa Z, Diro E, Carrillo E, Moreno J, Ali N.

Sci Rep. 2021 Feb 11. 11(1):3967. PMID: 33574485

First Evidence from Sri Lanka for Subphenotypic Diversity within L. donovani-Induced Classical Cutaneous Leishmaniasis.

Siriwardana Y, Deepachandi B, Weerasinghe S, Karunaweera N, Udagedara C, Warnasuriya W, Ranawaka RR, Kahawita I.

Biomed Res Int. 2021. 2021:3537968. PMID: 33575327

Therapeutic Response to Thermotherapy in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Treatment Failures for Sodium Stibogluconate: A Randomized Controlled Proof of Principle Clinical Trial.

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

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Jan 25. PMID: 33534750

First Serological Study Revealing High Humoral Response and Evidence for Antigenic Heterogeneity in Leishmania donovani Induced CL in Sri Lanka.

Deepachandi B, Weerasinghe S, Ranasinghe S, Andrahennadi TP, Wickramanayake MN, Siri S, Karunaweera N, Chandrasekharan V, Chatterjee M, Soysa P, Siriwardana Y.

Biomed Res Int. 2020. 2020:5271657. PMID: 33145352

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

Dewasurendra RL, Baniecki ML, Schaffner S, Siriwardena Y, Moon J, Doshi R, Gunawardena S, Daniels RF, Neafsey D, Volkman S, Chandrasekharan NV, Wirth DF, Karunaweera ND.

Malar J. 2020 Sep 21. 19(1):342. PMID: 32958025

Insecticide susceptibility of the sand fly leishmaniasis vector Phlebotomus argentipes in Sri Lanka.

Pathirage DRK, Karunaratne SHPP, Senanayake SC, Karunaweera ND.

Parasit Vectors. 2020 May 13. 13(1):246. PMID: 32404115

Quantification of Soluble or Insoluble Fractions of Leishmania Parasite Proteins in Microvolume Applications: A Simplification to Standard Lowry Assay.

Deepachandi B, Weerasinghe S, Andrahennadi TP, Karunaweera ND, Wickramarachchi N, Soysa P, Siriwardana Y.

Int J Anal Chem. 2020. 2020:6129132. PMID: 32231701

Spatial Epidemiologic Trends and Hotspots of Leishmaniasis, Sri Lanka, 2001-2018.

Karunaweera ND, Ginige S, Senanayake S, Silva H, Manamperi N, Samaranayake N, Siriwardana Y, Gamage D, Senerath U, Zhou G.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 01. 26(1):1-10. PMID: 31855147