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  • Detection of a case of Brugian Filariasis from Anuradhapura, a non-endemic district of Sri Lanka 
    Mallawarachchi, C.H.; Gunaratne, I.E.; Ekanayaka, G.M.G.A.C.; Mallawarachchi, S.M.N.S.M.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Mendis, D.; de Silva, N.R. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2018)
    INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: In 2016, the WHO declared that lymphatic filariasis was no longer a public health problem in Sri Lanka. However low-grade persistence of bancroftian filariasis continues in all three endemic ...
  • Human infection with sub-periodic Brugia spp. in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka: a threat to filariasis elimination status? 
    Mallawarachchi, C.H.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Premaratna, R.; Mallawarachchi, S.M.N.S.M.; de Silva, N.R. (BioMed Central, 2018)
    BACKGROUND: Post-mass drug administration (MDA) surveillance during the lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination program in Sri Lanka, revealed the re-emergence of brugian filariasis after four decades. This study was done ...
  • An investigation of a new cutaneous leishmaniasis endemic area in Western Sri Lanka 
    Mallawarachchi, C.H.; Chandrasena, N.; Wijerathna, T.; Dalpadado, R.; Mallawarachchi, M.S.M.N.S.; Gunarathna, D.G.A.M.; Gunathilaka, N. (Oxford University Press, 2021)
    BACKGROUND: The aim was to investigate an emerging focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Gampaha district, Western Sri Lanka. METHODS: Sociodemographics of CL patients in Mirigama, Gampaha district, were compared with ...
  • Lymphatic filariasis in the Southeast Asian region; status and control options. 
    Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Premaratna, R.; Mallawarachchi, C.H.; Gunaratna, D.G.A.M.; de Silva, N.R. (CABI Publishing, 2020)
    ABSTRACT: The Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) was launched in year 2000 by the World Health Organization (WHO) with the goal set for elimination by 2020. Over half the global disease burden lies ...
  • Molecular characterization of a reemergent Brugia malayi parasite in Sri Lanka, suggestive of a novel strain 
    Mallawarachchi, C.H.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Withanage, G.P.; Premaratna, R.; Mallawarachchi, S.M.N.S.M.; Gunawardene, Y.I.N.S.; Dasanayake, R.S.; Gunarathna, D.; de Silva, N.R. (Hindawi Pub. Co., 2021)
    ABSTRACT: Sri Lanka achieved elimination status for lymphatic filariasis in 2016; still, the disease remains a potential public health issue. The present study is aimed at identifying a subperiodic Brugia sp. parasite which ...
  • Ocular trematodiasis in children, Sri Lanka 
    Mallawarachchi, C.H.; Dissanayake, M.M.; Hendavitharana, S.R.; Senanayake, S.; Gunathilaka, N.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Yahathugoda, T.C.; Wickramasinghe, S.; de Silva, N.R. (National Center for Infectious Diseases, 2023)
    Using histopathology and phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer 2 gene, we found >2 distinct trematode species that caused ocular trematode infections in children in Sri Lanka. Collaborations between ...
  • A preliminary survey of filarial parasites in dogs and cats in Sri Lanka 
    Mallawarachchi, C.H.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Wickramasinghe, S.; Premaratna, R.; Gunawardene, Y.I.N.S.; Mallawarachchi, N.S.M.S.M.; de Silva, N.R. (Public Library of Science, 2018)
    Human brugian filariasis has re-emerged in Sri Lanka after a quiescent period of four decades. This study investigated the prevalence of canine and feline filarial parasites in three localities with human sub-periodic ...

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