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  • Diagnosing Cutaneous leishmaniasis using Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization: the Sri Lankan Perspective 
    Kaluarachchi, T.D.J.; Weerasekera, M. M.; McBain, A. J.; Ranasinghe, S.; Wickremasinghe, R.; Yasawardene, S.; Jayanetti, N.; Wickremasinghe, R. (Taylor & Francis, 2019)
    Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by Leishmania donovani MON-37 is becoming a major public health problem in Sri Lanka, with 100 new cases per month being reported in endemic regions. Diagnosis of CL is challenging for ...
  • Diagnosing human cutaneous leishmaniasis using fluorescence in situ hybridization 
    Kaluarachchi, T.J.; Wickremasinghe, R.; Weerasekera, M.; Yasawardene, S.; McBain, A.J.; Yapa, B.; de Silva, H.; Menike, C.; Jayathilake, S.; Munasinghe, A.; Wickremasinghe, R.; Ranasinghe, S. (Taylor & Francis Publishing, 2021)
    ABSTRACT: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is endemic in Sri Lanka. Giemsa-stained slit-skin-smears (SSS-Giemsa) and histology are routinely used in diagnosis with a sensitivity of 40-70%. PCR currently has limited accessibility. ...
  • Diagnosis and management of acute variceal bleeding: Asian Pacific Association for Study of the Liver recommendations 
    Sarin, S.K.; Kumar, A.; Angus, P.W.; Baijal, S.S.; Baik, S.K.; Bayraktar, Y.; Chawla, Y.K.; Choudhuri, G.; Chung, J.W.; de Franchis, R.; de Silva, H.J.; Garg, H.; Garg, P.K.; Helmy, A.; Hou, M.C.; Jafri, W.; Jia, J.D.; Lau, G.K.; Li, C.Z.; Lui, H.F.; Maruyama, H.; Pandey, C.M.; Puri, A.S.; Rerknimitr, R.; Sahni, P.; Saraya, A.; Sharma, B.C.; Sharma, P.; Shiha, G.; Sollano, J.D.; Wu, J.; Xu, R.Y.; Yachha, S.K.; Zhang, C.; Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) Working Party on Portal Hypertension. (Springer International, 2011)
    BACKGROUND: Acute variceal bleeding (AVB) is a medical emergency and associated with a mortality of 20% at 6 weeks. Significant advances have occurred in the recent past and hence there is a need to update the existing ...
  • Diagnosis and management of tuberculous meningitis 
    Gunatilake, S.B. (State Pharmaceuticals Corporation, 1998)
  • Diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy 
    Ranawaka, U.K. (State Pharmaceuticals Corporation, 2006)
    No Abstract Available
  • Diagnosis of achalasia, A Sri Lankan study 
    Ferdinandis, H.C.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2007)
    BACKGROUND :A definitive diagnosis of achalasia is usually provided by oesophageal manometry. Though stationary oesophageal manometry is available in Sri Lanka as a diagnostic tool since 1998, the diagnosis of achalasia ...
  • Diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease : a question of channels? 
    de Silva, H.A. (Ceylon College of Physicians, 1998)
  • Diagnosis of Enterobius vermicularis infestations. 
    Gunaratna, G.P.S.; Dempsey, S.; Ho, C.; Britton, P.N. (Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2020)
    No abstract available
  • Diagnosis of leptospirosis: comparison between microscopic agglutination test, IgM-ELISA and IgM rapid immunochromatography test 
    Niloofa, R.; Fernando, N.; de Silva, N.L.; Karunanayake, L.; Wickramasinghe, H.; Dikmadugoda, N.; Premawansa, G.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; de Silva, H.J.; Premawansa, S.; Rajapakse, S.; Handunnetti, S. (Public Library of Science, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis is diagnosed on clinical grounds, and confirmed by microscopic agglutination test (MAT). IgM-ELISA (Serion-Virion) and immunochromatography test (Leptocheck-WB) are two immunodiagnostic assays ...
  • Diagnosis of Prevalent Metacognitive Strategies among ESL Learners. 
    Rathnayake, W. M. P.Y. B. (The Third International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka, ICLSL 2017. Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    The way in which learners of English as a second language (ESL) acquire language has been one of the seminal areas of investigation in language pedagogy which can effectively make an impact in attempts to materialize optimum ...
  • Diagnosis of signs of death according to Naadi reading (pulse): a literature study 
    Rasanantham, N.; Sounthararajan, K. (Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Siddha system has unique methods in diagnosis and prognosis of diseases and is mainly based on the methods "Envagaithervugal". Among the Envagaithervugal Naadi is an important diagnostic and prognostic indicator and was ...
  • Diagnosis of Vespa affinis venom allergy:use of immunochemical methods and a passive basophil activation test 
    Gunasekara, P.; Handunnetti, S.M.; Premawansa, S.; Kaluarachchi, P.; Karunatilake, C.; Ratnayake, I.P.; Dias, R. K. S.; Premakumara, G. A. S.; Dasanayake, W. M. D. K.; Seneviratne, S.L.; de Silva, R. (Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 2019)
    Background: Allergy to Vespa affinis venom is common in the Asia Pacific region. Venom preparations for diagnosis are not commercially available for this species. Methods: The prominent allergens in V. affinis venom were ...
  • Diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas of cervical ectopic pregnancy 
    Hosni, M.M.; Herath, R.P.; Mumtaz, R. (Williams and Wilkins, 2014)
    IMPORTANCE: Cervical pregnancy is a rare variety of ectopic pregnancy. The etiology is obscure. Its diagnosis may be difficult, and its management has enormously changed during the last 10 years. Unfortunately, the most ...
  • A diagnostic model for Leptospirosis for use in resource limited settings 
    Rajapakse, S.; Weeratunga, P.N.; Rodrigo, C.; Sriharan, S.; Niloofa, M.J.R.; Fernando, N.; de Silva, H.J.; Karunanayake, L.; Premawansa, S. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2015)
    INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Leptospirosis is a zoonotic infection with significant morbidity and mortality. In this prospective study, we attempted to develop a model for diagnosis of leptospirosis. METHOD: Data was ...
  • Diagnostic overlap between adolescent affective instability in borderline personality and juvenile bipolar disorder in Sri Lanka 
    Chandradasa, M.; Fernando, W.K.T.R.; Kuruppuarachchi, K.A.L.A. (Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists, 2019)
    Borderline personality disorder (BPD) and bipolar disorder (BD) could present a diagnostic challenge in the adolescent due to the presence of overlapping symptoms such as impulsivity, affective instability, and sexual ...
  • Diagnostic Procedure Associated with Astrological Concepts: A Literature Review 
    Samaranayake, G.V.P.; Abegunasekara, N.S.; Dharmapriya, A.K.H.; Dissanayake, S.A.R.R.P.; Ven Dhammissara Maduruoye (2nd International Research Conference & Exhibition on Siddha Medicine -2020, Organized by Unit of Siddha Medicine, University of Jaffna, Kaithady, Sri Lanka, 2020)
    Astrology and medicine are intimately linked in as much as the science of healing forms an important part of remedial astrology. Principles and training of medical astrology is an intricatesubject that needs a great compact ...
  • A Diagnostic scoring model for Leptospirosis in resource limited settings 
    Rajapakse, S.; Weeratunga, P.; Niloofa, R.; Fernando, N.; de Silva, N.L.; Rodrigo, C.; Maduranga, S.; Nandasiri, N.; Premawansa, S.; Karunanayake, L.; de Silva, H.J.; Handunnetti, S. (Public Library of Science, 2016)
    Leptospirosis is a zoonotic infection with significant morbidity and mortality. The clinical presentation of leptospirosis is known to mimic the clinical profile of other prevalent tropical fevers. Laboratory confirmation ...
  • Dialectal variation in Sri Lankan English pronunciation 
    Widyalankara, R.C. (2014)
  • Dialectal variations identified in selected Tamil short stories 
    Jayasinghe, D.G.T.A. (2015)
  • Dialectal Variations of Sri Lankan English due to Mother Tongue Influence of Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim 
    Pathirana, R.V.A.R.K. (Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Dialect is a regional or social variety of a language distinguished by minimal lexical, grammatical, phonological or vocabulary, specially a way of speaking differences from the standard variety of the language. Sri Lankan ...

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