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Application of nucleic acid technology (NAT) in the diagnosis of active viral replication in HBV and HCV infections and evidence for HBV surface antigen mutants

Manamperi, A.; Gunawardene, Y.I.N.S.; Hapuarachchi, C.; Bandara, A.; Wellawaththage, C.; Abeyewickreme, W.; de Silva, J. (Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 2008)

Introduction: The community prevalence of Hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) infections, although considered low (< 1%) in Sri Lanka based on serological markers, pose a significant health threat to patients in high ...
Chikungunya outbreak in 2008 in Ratnapura district, Sri Lanka - clinical and socio-economic analysis

Sumanadasa, S.D.M.; Hapuarachchi, C.; Bandara, K.B.A.T.; Wellawaththage, L.C.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 2008)

Since 2006, Sri Lanka has experienced several outbreaks of chikungunya fever (CHIK) affecting several thousands of people. Today, CHIK has become one of the most important vector-borne diseases in the country. The objective ...
Confirmation of 2006 chikungunya outbreak in Sri Lanka using RT-PCR

Abeyewickreme, W.; Bandara, K.B.A.T.; Perera, H.; Dayanath, M.Y.D.; Hapuarachchi, C. (Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, 2007)

Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral infection caused by a single-stranded RNA virus of the family Togaviridae, is considered as a rare, non-fatal disease. During February to October 2006, an epidemic of over 1.3 million ...
Genetic Polymorphism in Pvmsp-3a. and Pvcs genes in Plasmodium vivax infections in Sri Lanka

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: ...
Re-emergence of chikungunya in Sri Lanka: First confirmation of the 2006 outbreak by molecular diagnosis

Perera, E.D.T.; Wijesiriwardena, B.; Hapugoda, M.D.; Bandara, K.B.A.T.; Dayanath, M.Y.D.; Wellawaththage, L.C.; Gunawardena, N.K.; Hapuarachchi, C.; Abeyewickreme, W. (Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, 2007)

Chikungunya virus infection is clinically similar to many other acute febrile illnesses, such as dengue infection, malaria, west nile fever and leptospirosis. Rapid confirmation of the outbreak by laboratory diagnosis is ...

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