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  • Premawardhena, A.P.; Fisher, C.A.; Fathihu, F.; de Silva, S.; Perera, W.; Peto, T.E.; Olivieri, N.F.; Weatherall, D.J. (2001)
    Chronic hyperbilirubinaemia, gallstone formation, and gall bladder disease are unusually common in people with haemoglobin E beta thalassaemia in Sri Lanka. To determine whether this has a genetic basis we compared the ...
  • Attanayake, R.N.; del Río-Mendoza, L.; Chen, W.; Jiang, D. (Phytopathology, 2011)
    Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is an important pathogen of canola and many other crops worldwide. Genetic diversity and population differentiation of S. sclerotiorum collected from canola fields in Anhui Province, China ...
  • Wijerathna, T.; Gunathilaka, N.; Semege, S.; Pathirana, N.; Rodrigo, W.; Fernando, D. (Wolters Kluwer, 2022)
    Objective: To compare the DNA sequences of Leishmania (L.) donovani isolated from individuals in two districts of the Northern Province with other parts of Sri Lanka and neighboring countries. Methods: Samples were collected ...
  • Suzuki, K.; Hatzikotoulas, K.; Southam, L.; Taylor, H.J.; Yin, X.; Lorenz, K.M.; Mandla, R.; Huerta-Chagoya, A.; Melloni, G.E.M.; Kanoni, S.; Rayner, N.W.; Bocher, O.; Arruda, A.L.; Sonehara, K.; Namba, S.; Namba, S.S.K.; Preuss, M.H.; Petty, L.E.; Schroeder, P.; Vanderwerff, B.; Kals, M.; Bragg. F.; Lin, K.; Guo, X.; Zhang, W.; Yao, J.; Kim, Y.J.; Graff, M.; Takeuchi, F.; Nano, J.; Lamri, A.; Nakatochi, M.; Moon, S.; Scott, R.A.; Cook, J.P.; Lee, J.J.; Pan, I.; Taliun, D.; Parra, E.J.; Chai. J.F.; Bielak, L.F.; Tabara, Y.; Hai, Y.; Thorleifsson, G.; Grarup, N.; Sofer, T.; Wuttke, M.; Sarnowski, C.; Gieger, C.; Nousome, D.; Trompet, S.; Kwak, S.H.; Long, J.; Sun, M.; Tong, L.; Chen, W.M.; Nongmaithem, S.S.; Noordam, R.; Lim, V.J.Y.; Tam, C.H.T.; Joo, Y.Y.; Chen, C.H.; Raffield, L.M.; Prins, B.P.; Nicolas, A.; Yanek, L.R.; Chen, G.; Brody, J.A.; Kabagambe, E.; An, P.; Xiang, A.H.; Choi, H.S.; Cade, B.E.; Tan, J.; Broadaway, K.A.; Williamson, A.; Kamali, Z.; Cui, J.; Thangam, M.; Adair, L.S.; Adeyemo, A.; Aguilar-Salinas, C.A.; Ahluwalia, T.S.; Anand, S.S.; Bertoni, A.; Bork-Jensen, J.; Brandslund, I.; Buchanan, T.A.; Burant, C.F.; Butterworth, A.S.; Canouil, M.; Chan, J.C.N.; Chang, L.C.; Chee, M.L.; Chen, J.; Chen, S.H.; Chen, Y.T.; Chen, Z.; Chuang, L.M.; Cushman, M.; Danesh, J.; Das, S.K.; de Silva, H.J.; Dedoussis, G.; Dimitrov, L.; Doumatey, A.P.; Du, S.; Duan, Q.; Eckardt, K.U.; Emery, L.S.; Evans, D.S.; Evans, M.K.; Fischer, K.; Floyd, J.S.; Ford, I.; Franco, O.H.; Frayling, T.M.; Freedman, B.I.; Genter, P.; Gerstein, H.C.; Giedraitis, V.; González-Villalpando, C.; González-Villalpando, M.E.; Gordon-Larsen, P.; Gross, M.; Guare, L.A.; Hackinger, S.; Hakaste, L.; Han, S.; Hattersley, A.T.; Herder, C.; Horikoshi, M.; Howard, A.; Hsueh, W.; Huang, M.; Huang, W.; Hung, Y.; Hwang, M.Y.; Hwu, C.; Ichihara, S.; Ikram, M.A.; Ingelsson, M.; Islam, M.T.; Isono, M.; Jang, H.; Jasmine, F.; Jiang, G.; Jonas, J.B.; Jørgensen, T.; Kamanu, F.K.; Kandeel, F.R.; Kasturiratne, A.; Katsuya, T.; Kaur, V.; Kawaguchi,T.; Keaton, J.M.; Kho, A.N.; Khor, C.; Kibriya, M.G.; Kim, D.; Kronenberg, F.; Kuusisto , J.; Läll, K.; Lange, L.A.; Lee, K.M.; Lee, M.; Lee, N.R.; Leong, A.; Li, L.; Li, Y.; Li-Gao, R.; Ligthart, S.; Lindgren, C.M.; Linneberg, A.; Liu, C.; Liu, J.; Locke, A.E.; Louie, T.; Luan, J.; Luk, A.O.; Luo, X.; Lv, J.; Lynch, J.A.; Lyssenko, V.; Maeda, S.; Mamakou, V.; Mansuri, S.R.; Matsuda, K.; Meitinger, T.; Melander, O.; Metspalu, A.; Mo, H.; Morris, A.D.; Moura, F.A.; Nadler, J.L.; Nalls, M.A.; Nayak, U.; Ntalla, I.; Okada, Y.; Orozco, L.; Patel, S.R.; Patil, S.; Pei, P.; Pereira, M.A.; Peters, A.; Pirie, F.J.; Polikowsky, H.G.; Porneala, B.; Prasad, G.; Rasmussen-Torvik, L.J.; Reiner, A.P.; Roden, M.; Rohde, R.; Roll, K.; Sabanayagam, C.; Sandow, K.; Sankareswaran , A.; Sattar,N.; Schönherr, S.; Shahriar, M.; Shen , B.; Shi, J.; Shin, D.M.; Shojima, N.; Smith, J.A.; So, W.Y.; Stančáková, A.; Steinthorsdottir, V.; Stilp, A.M.; Strauch, K.; Taylor, K.D.; Thorand, B.; Thorsteinsdottir, U.; Tomlinson, B.; Tran, T.C.; Tsai, F.; Tuomilehto, J.; Tusie-Luna, T.; Udler , M.S.; Valladares-Salgado, A.; Dam, R.M.V.; Klinken, J.B.V.; Varma, R.; Wacher-Rodarte, N.; Wheeler,E.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Dijk, K.W.V.; Witte, D.R.; Yajnik, C.S.; Yamamoto, K.; Yamamoto, K.; Yoon, K.; Yu, C.; Yuan, J.; Yusuf, S.; Zawistowski, M.; Zhang, L.; Zheng, W.; Raffel, L.J.; Igase, M.; Ipp, E.; Redline, S.; Cho, Y.S.; Lind, L.; Province, M.A.; Fornage, .M.; Hanis, C.L.; Ingelsson, E.; Zonderman, A.B.; Psaty, B.M.; Wang, Y.; Rotimi, C.N.; Becker,D.M.; Matsuda,F.; Liu, Y.; Yokota,M.; Kardia, S.L.R.; Peyser, P.A.; Pankow, J.S.; Engert, J.C.; Bonnefond, A.; Froguel, P.; Wilson, J.G.; Sheu, W.H.H.; Wu, J.; Hayes, M.G.; Ma, R.C.W.; Wong, T.; Mook-Kanamori, D.O.; Tuomi, T.; Chandak, G.R.; Collins, F.S.; Bharadwaj, D.; Paré, G.; Sale, M.M.; Ahsan, H.; Motala, A.A.; Shu , X.; Park, K.; Jukema, J.W.; Cruz, M.; Chen, Y.I.; Rich, S.S.; McKean-Cowdin, R.; Grallert, H.; Cheng, C.; Ghanbari,M.; Tai , E.; Dupuis, J.; Kato, N.; Laakso, M.; Köttgen, A.; Koh, W.; Bowden, D.W.; Palmer, C.N.A.; Kooner, J.S.; Kooperberg, C.; Liu, S.; North, K.E.; Saleheen, D.; Hansen, T.; Pedersen, O.; Wareham, N.J.; Lee, J.; Kim, B.; Millwood , I.Y.; Walters, R.G.; Stefansson, K.; Ahlqvist, E.; Goodarzi, M.O.; Mohlke, K.L.; Langenberg, C.; Haiman, C.A.; Loos, R.J.F.; Florez, J.C.; Rader, D.J.; Ritchie, M.D.; Zöllner, S.; Mägi, R.; Marston, N.A.; Ruff, C.T.; Heel , D.A.V.; Finer, S.; Denny, J.C.; Yamauchi, T.; Kadowaki, T.; Chambers, J.C.; Ng, M.C.Y.; Sim, X.; Below, J.E.; Tsao, P.S.; Chang, K.; McCarthy, M.I.; Meigs, J.B.; Mahajan, A.; Spracklen, C.N.; Mercader, J.M.; Boehnke, M.; Rotter, J.I.; Vujkovic, M.; Voight, B.F.; Morris, A.P.; Zeggini, E. (Nature Publishing Group, 2024)
    Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a heterogeneous disease that develops through diverse pathophysiological processes1,2 and molecular mechanisms that are often specific to cell type3,4. Here, to characterize the genetic contribution ...
  • Hapuarachchi, H.A.C.; Dayanath, M.Y.D.; Abeysundara, S.; Bandara, K.B.A.T.; Abeyewickreme, W.; de Silva, N.R. (Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004)
  • Dilani, P.V.D.; Gunawardene, Y.I.N.S.; Dassanayake, R.S. (Springer, 2021)
    Mosquito-borne diseases are becoming a major health problem worldwide. At present, the principal method of controlling these diseases entirely depends on the mosquito vector control strategies. However, traditional control ...
  • Padeniya, A.G.P.M. (Staff Development Center, University of Kelaniya, 2015)
    Background and Purpose: Iron overload is a major complication in patients with transfusion dependant thalassaemia and co- existence of Hereditary Haemochromatosis (HH) aggravates this complication. Two common missence ...
  • Yasara, Y.W.N.; Mettananda, S. (New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2020)
    No abstract available
  • Darshana, L.G.T. (2020)
    Case reports and limited case series of Sickle cell disease (SCD) in Sri Lanka have been reported since 1962. Yet, no attempt has been made up till now to undertake a comprehensive genotypic-phenotypic analysis of this ...
  • Darshana, L.G.T.; Bandara, W.D.M.S.; Nawaratna, U.S.B.; Costa, Y. J.; Nizri, A.H.M.; Silva, D.P.S. l.; de Silva, T.U.N.; Pushpakumara, K.P.C.; Pathirage, S.P.; Manamperi, A.; Premawardhena, A.P. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2018)
    INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is found at a low prevalence In Sri Lanka. A recent hospital based survey identified 60 patients in the country The clinical spectrum of SCD in Sri Lanka ...
  • Darshana, L.G.T. (University of Kelaniya, 2020)
    Case reports and limited case series of Sickle cell disease (SCD) in Sri Lanka have been reported since 1962. Yet, no attempt has been made up till now to undertake a comprehensive genotypic-phenotypic analysis of this ...
  • Darshana, L.G.T.; Manamperi, A.; Premawardhena, A.P. (In: Proceedings of the International Postgraduate Research Conference 2017 (IPRC – 2017), Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
    Sickle cell disease (SCD) is globally the commonest monogenic disease. Although the incidence is not as common as in India, it is found in Sri Lanka too. A recent hospital based survey identified around 60 patients in the ...
  • Manamperi, A.; Fernando, D.; Mahawithanage, S.; Wickremasinghe, R*.; Bandara, A.; Wellawatta, C.; Hapuarachchi, C.; Abeyewickreme, W.; Wickremasinghe, R. (Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, 2008)
    INTRODUCTION: Plasmodim vivax malaria accounts for about 70% of all malaria infections in Sri Lanka. There is limited information on the genetic heterogeneity of P. vivax parasites in endemic areas of the country. OBJECTIVE: ...
  • Premaratna, R.; Blanton, L.; Samaraweera, D.N.; de Silva, G.N.N.; Kumara, T.A.D.N.; Liyanarachchi, M.S.; Weerasinghe, M.; Gunasekara, C.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Walker, D.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2014)
    INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Genetic and antigenic characterisation of Orientia tsutsugamushi (OT) causing human disease in OT-endemic regions of Sri Lanka is not known. METHODS: Eschar biopsies (in age> 18 years} and buffy ...
  • de Silva, D. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2004)
    Genetic testing for single gene disorders is becoming available in Sri Lanka. While it offers many benefits, there are concerns about psychological and social problems that can be a consequence of such tests. This article ...
  • Niriella, M.A.; Kasturiratne, A.; Akiyama, K.; Takeuchi, F.; Isono, M.; Dassanayake, A.S.; de Silva, A.P.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Kato, N.; de Silva, H.J. (Wiley Blackwell Scientific Publications, 2013)
    OBJECTIVE: Recently, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully identified loci associated with susceptibility to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in populations of European descent. No large-scale ...
  • Jayaratne, D.L.; de Silva, B.A.C.; Silva, W.P.K. (University of Kelaniya, 2012)
    Cylindrocladium quinqueseptatum (Boedijn & Reitsma 1950) is one of the major plant pathogenic fungi that infects a wide range of plants in humid tropics. The prevailing strains in Sri Lanka cause the foliage and shoot ...
  • Wijerathna, T.; Gunathilaka, N.; Rodrigo, W, (Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022)
    OBJECTIVE: To identity the variation of sand flies in the Gampaha and Kurunegala districts of Sri Lanka and to assess DNA barcoding as a complementing method for morphological identification. METHODS: A total of 38 441 ...
  • Smits, S.L.; Poon, L.L.M.; van Leeuwen, M.; Lau, P.N.; Perera, H.K.K.; Peiris, J.S.M.; Simon, J.H.; Osterhaus, A.D.M.E. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011)
    ABSTRACT: Sequence-independent amplification and specific reverse transcription PCRs identified genogroup I and II picobirnaviruses in respiratory tracts of pigs. These data expand knowledge of picobirnavirus diversity and ...

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