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This collection contains original research articles, review articles and case reports published in local and international peer reviewed journals by the staff members of the Faculty of Medicine
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Item Controlling lymphatic filariasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis together in South Asia: opportunities and challenges(Oxford University Press, 2006) Padmasiri, E.A.; Montresor, A.; Biswas, G.; de Silva, N.R.Item Making the best of what we have: a plea for wider use of anthelmintics(Indian Council of Medical Research, 2005) de Silva, N.No Abstract AvailableItem Geo-helminth infections in a rural area of Sri Lanka(SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Project, 2001) Fernando, S.D.; Goonethilleke, H.; Weerasena, K.H.; Kuruppuarachchi, N.D.; Tilakaratne, D.; de Silva, D.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.School children carry the heaviest burden of morbidity due to intestinal helminth infection. The objective of this investigation was to study geo-helminth infections in 349 school children aged 6 to 13 years living in a rural area of Sri Lanka. Stool samples were examined by direct saline smear in an initial survey to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and thereafter the children were followed up over a two year period with cross sectional surveys of stool samples being carried out at yearly intervals. Following collection of a stool sample, all the subjects were treated with mebendazole 500 mg as a single dose. Weights and heights were measured using standardized procedures. 2 ml of venous blood were collected from each subject under aseptic conditions to determine hematological indices. The prevalence of geo-helminth infections was low, and the prevalence declined during the two-year period from 5.4 percent in 1997 to 2.2 percent in 1998 and 2.0 percent in 1999 following yearly mass anti-helminth treatment. The incidence density was 0.021 cases per child year. The reduction in the prevalence from the baseline to the second survey is probably due to the reduction of the reservoir of infection among children as a result of mass treatment at baseline. The prevalence of infection during the second and third surveys were almost the same probably due to infections originating from other segments of the untreated population.Item Morbidity due to intestinal geohelminth infections(2000) de Silva, H.J.; de Silva, N.R.No Abstract AvailableItem Intestinal helminth infections among children in a slum community in Enderamulla(Sri Lanka Medical Association, 1999) Udayani, W.I.; Uduwevidane, K.; Uvais, A.L.; Wanniarachchi, S.L.; Warnakulasuriya, S.N.; de Silva, N.R.No Abstract availableItem Can we deworm this wormy world?(Oxford University Press, 1998) Bundy, D.A.P.; de Silva, N.R.While programmes such as the Rockefeller campaign were specifically targeted at a particular parasite species, the current trend is towards the simultaneous control of all the major geohelminth species. New, broad-spectrum, low-cost anthelmintics and new understanding of epidemiology have led to more cost-effective and sustainable strategies. The WHO, UNICEF and the World Bank all now support global and regional efforts to achieve control of morbidity from intestinal worms. In this paper, we aim to show what's new in clinical helminthology and what has brought about the great improvement in the success of the new approaches to control.Item The Treatment and control of helminth infections prevalent in Sri Lanka(The Kandy Society of Medicine, 1997) de Silva, N.R.; Guyatt, H.L.Item The Prevalence and severity of soil transmitted helminths in an urban slum community in Colombo(Sri Lanka Medical Association, 1981) de Silva, D.G.H.; Jayatilleka, S.M.No abstract available