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Association between serum total IgE, allergic diseases and geohelminth infections in Sri Lankan children

Amarasekera, N.D.D.M.; Gunawardena, N.K.; de Silva, N.R.; Douglass, J.; O’Hehir, R.E.; Weerasinghe, A. (BioMed Central, 2007)

BACKGROUND: Elevated levels of total IgE (tIgE) in serum are characteristic of allergic diseases. Levels of tIgE are influenced by genetic predisposition, age, sex and helminth infections. However, the association between ...
Can we deworm this wormy world?

Bundy, D.A.P.; de Silva, N.R. (Oxford University Press, 1998)

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, ...
Control of intestinal helminthiasis in pregnancy – the Sri Lankan experience

Ismail, M.M.; Atukorala, T.M.S.; Naotunna, T.S; de Silva, N.R.; Hettiarachchi, I. (World Health Organization, 2003)
Controlling lymphatic filariasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis together in South Asia: opportunities and challenges

Padmasiri, E.A.; Montresor, A.; Biswas, G.; de Silva, N.R. (Oxford University Press, 2006)
The Effect of intestinal nematode infections on atopic diseases in children

Amarasekera, N.D.D.M.; Gunawardena, N.K.; de Silva, N.R.; Douglas, J.; O'Hehir, R.; Weerasinghe, A. (Allergy and Immunology Society of Sri Lanka, 2009)

BACKGROUND : The effect of helminth infections on atopic diseases and allergic sensitization is controversial. Little is known about the effect of infection on atopic diseases in children living in areas where both intestinal ...
Effect of mass chemotherapy for filariasis control on soil-transmitted helminth infection in Western Province of Sri Lanka

Gunawardena, N.K.; Amarasekera, N.D.D.M.; Pathmeswaran, A.; de Silva, N.R. (The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2007)

In July 2006, Sri Lanka completed five rounds of annual mass drug administration (MDA) with diethylcarbamazine citrate and albendazole as part of its national programme for elimination of lymphatic filariasis. Albendazole ...
The epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminths in Bihar state, India.

Greenland, K.; Dixon, R.; Khan, S. A.; Gunawardena, K.; Kihara, J. H.; Smith, J. L.; Drake, L.; Makkar, P.; Raman, S.; Singh, S.; Kumar, S. (Public Library of Science, 2015)

BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) infect over a billion individuals worldwide. In India, 241 million children are estimated to need deworming to avert the negative consequences STH infections can have on child ...
Geo-helminth infections in a rural area of Sri Lanka

Fernando, S.D.; Goonethilleke, H.; Weerasena, K.H.; Kuruppuarachchi, N.D.; Tilakaratne, D.; de Silva, D.; Wickremasinghe, A.R. (SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Project, 2001)

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 ...
Intestinal helminth infections among children in a slum community in Enderamulla

Udayani, W.I.; Uduwevidane, K.; Uvais, A.L.; Wanniarachchi, S.L.; Warnakulasuriya, S.N.; de Silva, N.R. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 1999)

No Abstract available
Intestinal nematodes that migrate through lungs (Ascariasis)

de Silva, N.R.; Bundy, D.A.P. (WB Saunders Company, 2000)
Intestinal Nematodes: Ascariasis

Bundy, D.A.P.; de Silva, N.R.; Appleby, L.J.; Brooker, S.J. (Elsevier, 2020)

Ascariasis is the most prevalent human helminth infection, with an estimated 819 million infections worldwide. Transmission primarily occurs in warm, tropical climates that lack water and sanitation facilities and have ...
Making the best of what we have: a plea for wider use of anthelmintics

de Silva, N. (Indian Council of Medical Research, 2005)

No Abstract Available
Morbidity due to intestinal geohelminth infections

de Silva, H.J.; de Silva, N.R. (2000)

No Abstract Available
The Prevalence and severity of soil transmitted helminths in an urban slum community in Colombo

de Silva, D.G.H.; Jayatilleka, S.M. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 1981)

No abstract available
Reduced risk of atopic diseases among schoolchildren infected with intestinal Nematodes

Amarasekera, N.D.D.M.; Gunawardena, N.K.; de Silva, N.R.; Pathmeswaran, A.; Douglass, J.; O’Hehir, R.; Weerasinghe, A. (Federation of Immunology Societies of Asia-Oceania, 2008)

BACKGROUND: The effect of helminth infections on atopic diseases and allergic sensitization is controversial. Little is known about the effect of infection on atopic diseases in children living in areas where both intestinal ...
The Treatment and control of helminth infections prevalent in Sri Lanka

de Silva, N.R.; Guyatt, H.L. (The Kandy Society of Medicine, 1997)

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