Nadira Karunaweera

First evidence of experimental genetic hybridization between cutaneous and visceral strains of Leishmania donovani within its natural vector Phlebotomus argentipes.

Riyal H, Ferreira TR, Paun A, Ghosh K, Samaranayake N, Sacks DL, Karunaweera ND.

Acta Trop. 2023 Sep. 245:106979. PMID: 37391025

Impact of climatic factors on temporal variability of sand fly abundance in Sri Lanka: Longitudinal study (2018 to 2020) with two-stage hierarchical analysis.

Senanayake SC, Liyanage P, Pathirage DRK, Siraj MFR, De Silva BGDNK, Karunaweera ND.

Res Sq. 2023 Jun 28. PMID: 37461526

Cytokine and phenotypic cell profiles in human cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani.

Wijesooriya H, Samaranayake N, Karunaweera ND.

PLoS One. 2023. 18(1):e0270722. PMID: 36602989

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

Dewasurendra R, Silva H, Samaranayake N, Manamperi N, Silva N, Karunanayake P, Senarath U, Senanayake S, Zhou G, Karunaweera N.

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 10. 16(10):e0010821. PMID: 36228029

An open dataset of Plasmodium vivax genome variation in 1,895 worldwide samples.

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.

Wellcome Open Res. 2022. 7:136. PMID: 35651694

Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Insights into Species-Specific Responses: A Narrative Review.

Madusanka RK, Silva H, Karunaweera ND.

Infect Dis Ther. 2022 Apr. 11(2):695-711. PMID: 35192172

Image Processing for mHealth-Based Approach to Detect the Local Tissue Inflammation in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Proof of Concept Study.

Silva H, Chellappan K, Karunaweera N.

Comput Math Methods Med. 2021. 2021:4208254. PMID: 34873414

Treatment failure to sodium stibogluconate in cutaneous leishmaniasis: A challenge to infection control and disease elimination.

Silva H, Liyanage A, Deerasinghe T, Chandrasekara V, Chellappan K, Karunaweera ND.

PLoS One. 2021. 16(10):e0259009. PMID: 34679130

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