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  • Alcohol consumption and tobacco smoking in an urban adult Sri Lankan population 
    Kasturiratne, A.; Pinidiyapathirage, M.J.; Perera, H.K.K.; Fernando, E.D.P.S.; Ranasinha, C.D.; Edirisinghe, P.A.S.; Makaya, M.; Kato, N. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2008)
    BACKGROUND: Data on the prevalence and patterns of alcohol consumption and smoking in the general population in Sri Lanka are scarce. Objective: To describe patterns of alcohol use and smoking in an urban adult population ...
  • Do we know enough of our own backyard? Influenza surveillances in Sri Lanka over the last decade 
    Perera, H.K.K. (Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists, 2015)
    Abstract available
  • Genogroup I and II picobirnaviruses in respiratory tracts of pigs 
    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 ...
  • Human bocavirus in patients with encephalitis, Sri Lanka, 2009-2010 
    Mori, D.; Ranawaka, U.; Yamada, K.; Rajindrajith, S.; Miya, K.; Perera, H.K.K.; Matsumoto, T.; Dassanayake, M.; Mitui, M. T.; Mori, H.; Nishizono, A.; Soderlund-Venermo, M.; Ahmed, K. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2013)
    We identified human bocavirus (HBoV) DNA by PCR in cerebrospinal fluid from adults and children with encephalitis in Sri Lanka. HBoV types 1, 2, and 3 were identified among these cases. Phylogenetic analysis of HBoV1 strain ...
  • The influenza viruses 
    Perera, H.K.K.; Peiris, J.S.M. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2015)
    No Abstract Available
  • Isolation of Salmonella species in Rousettus leschenaulti fruit bats in Sri Lanka 
    Perera, H.I.T.; Yapa, W.B.; Perera, H.K.K. (The Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka, 2016)
  • Molecular Epidemiology of Influenza A (H1N1) pdm09 Virus among Humans and Swine, Sri Lanka 
    Perera, H.K.K.; Vijaykrishna, D.; Premarathna, A.G.; Jayamaha, C.J.; Wickramasinghe, G.; Cheung, C.L.; Yeung, M.F.; Poon, L.L.; Perera, A.K.; Barr, I.G.; Guan, Y.; Peiris, M. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2014)
    After multiple discrete introductions of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus into Sri Lanka, the virus was transmitted among humans, then swine. The spread of virus between geographically distant swine farms is consistent with ...
  • Swine influenza in Sri Lanka. 
    Perera, H.K.K.; Wickramasinghe, G.; Cheung, C.L.; Nishiura, H.; Smith, D.K.; Poon, L.L.; Perera, A.K.; Ma, S.K.; Sunil-Chandra, N.P.; Guan, Y.; Peiris, J.S. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2013)
    To study influenza viruses in pigs in Sri Lanka, we examined samples from pigs at slaughterhouses. Influenza (H3N2) and A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses were prevalent during 2004-2005 and 2009-2012, respectively. Genetic and epidemiologic ...
  • Viral characteristics and genomics of early onset, single organ specific presentations in dengue 
    Premaratna, R.; Perera, H.K.K.; Chan, K.H.; Yeung, M.F.; Mettananda, C.; Peiris, J.S.M.; de Silva, H.J. (Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2013)
    INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Early onset neurological, hepatic and cardiac complications of dengue are increasingly recognized. However, doubts exist as to whether such complications of dengue are consequences of dengue ...

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