Autochthonous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania tropica, Identified by Using Whole-Genome Sequencing, Sri Lanka

Authors: Hermali Silva, Tiago R. Ferreira, Kajan Muneeswaran, Sumudu R. Samarasinghe, Eliza V.C. Alves-Ferreira, Michael E. Grigg, Naduviladath V. Chandrasekharan, David L. Sacks, Nadira D. Karunaweera

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 30, Iss 9, Pp 1872-1883 (2024)

Subject Terms: Leishmania tropica, Leishmania donovani, leishmaniasis, autochthonous, cutaneous, mucocutaneous, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/30/9/23-1238_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059

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Antimony resistance and gene expression in Leishmania: spotlight on molecular and proteomic aspects

Authors: Rajamanthrilage Kasun Madusanka, Nadira D. Karunaweera, Hermali Silva, Angamuthu Selvapandiyan

Source: Parasitology, Vol 151, Pp 1-14 (2024)

Subject Terms: antimonial, antimony resistance, gene expression, Leishmania, leishmaniasis, poor drug response, resistance biomarkers, treatment, Biochemistry, QD415-436, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Microbiology, QR1-502

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Relation: https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0031182023001129/type/journal_article; https://doaj.org/toc/0031-1820; https://doaj.org/toc/1469-8161

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Assessment of knowledge and perceptions on leishmaniasis: An island-wide study in Sri Lanka

Authors: Rajika Dewasurendra, Hermali Silva, Nilakshi Samaranayake, Nuwani Manamperi, Nissanka de Silva, Panduka Karunanayake, Upul Senarath, Sanath Senanayake, Guofa Zhou, Nadira Karunaweera

Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 16, Iss 10 (2022)

Subject Terms: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9560589/?tool=EBI; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735

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Assessment of knowledge and perceptions on leishmaniasis: An island-wide study in Sri Lanka.

Authors: Rajika Dewasurendra, Hermali Silva, Nilakshi Samaranayake, Nuwani Manamperi, Nissanka de Silva, Panduka Karunanayake, Upul Senarath, Sanath Senanayake, Guofa Zhou, Nadira Karunaweera

Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 16, Iss 10, p e0010821 (2022)

Subject Terms: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735

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Spatial Epidemiologic Trends and Hotspots of Leishmaniasis, Sri Lanka, 2001–2018

Authors: Nadira D. Karunaweera, Samitha Ginige, Sanath Senanayake, Hermali Silva, Nuwani Manamperi, Nilakshi Samaranayake, Yamuna Siriwardana, Deepa Gamage, Upul Senerath, Guofa Zhou

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020)

Subject Terms: Leishmania donovani, Sri Lanka, epidemiology, disease burden, protozoa, parasite, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/1/19-0971_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059

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Spatiotemporal distribution of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka and future case burden estimates.

Authors: Nadira D Karunaweera, Sanath Senanayake, Samitha Ginige, Hermali Silva, Nuwani Manamperi, Nilakshi Samaranayake, Rajika Dewasurendra, Panduka Karunanayake, Deepa Gamage, Nissanka de Silva, Upul Senarath, Guofa Zhou

Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 4, p e0009346 (2021)

Subject Terms: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727; https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735

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Treatment failure to sodium stibogluconate in cutaneous leishmaniasis: A challenge to infection control and disease elimination.

Authors: Hermali Silva, Achala Liyanage, Theja Deerasinghe, Vasana Chandrasekara, Kalaivani Chellappan, Nadira D Karunaweera

Source: PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 10, p e0259009 (2021)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203

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Treatment failure to sodium stibogluconate in cutaneous leishmaniasis: A challenge to infection control and disease elimination

Authors: Hermali Silva, Achala Liyanage, Theja Deerasinghe, Vasana Chandrasekara, Kalaivani Chellappan, Nadira D. Karunaweera

Source: PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 10 (2021)

Subject Terms: Medicine, Science

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Relation: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8535432/?tool=EBI; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203

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