Ajith Nagahawatte
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Recent Articles
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De Zoysa W, Palangasinghe D, Bodinayake C, Nagahawatte A, Gamage J, Iglesias-Ussel M, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40068220
In low-resource settings, providers often manage lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) without diagnostic tests, which may cause antibacterial overuse. Electronic clinical decision support tools (eCDSTs) can support evidence-based decision-making and...
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Bodinayake C, Nagahawatte A, Devasiri V, Arachichi W, Kurukulasooriya R, Sheng T, et al.
BMJ Public Health
. 2025 Feb;
1(1):e000073.
PMID: 40017865
Introduction: Acute febrile illness (AFI) is a common cause of hospital admissions in tropical settings. Identifying AFI aetiology is essential for guiding clinicians' diagnoses and developing diagnostic and management guidelines....
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Tillekeratne L, De Soyza W, Iglesias-Ussel M, Olague S, Palangasinghe D, Nagahawatte A, et al.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
. 2024 Oct;
111(6):1173-1177.
PMID: 39378867
Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is a common reason for hospitalization and antibacterial use globally. There is considerable overlap in the clinical presentation of bacterial and viral LRTIs. Low- or...
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Medrano P, Weerasinghe N, Nagahawatte A, Vanderburg S, Park L, Wijayaratne G, et al.
PLoS One
. 2024 Jun;
19(6):e0304690.
PMID: 38861513
Background: Antimicrobial overprescription is common for lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI), as viral and bacterial infections generally present with similar clinical features. Overprescription is associated with downstream antimicrobial resistance. This...
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Ko E, Reller M, Tillekeratne L, Bodinayake C, Miller C, Burke T, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2023 Dec;
13(1):22554.
PMID: 38110534
Diagnostic limitations challenge management of clinically indistinguishable acute infectious illness globally. Gene expression classification models show great promise distinguishing causes of fever. We generated transcriptional data for a 294-participant (USA,...
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Vanderburg S, Kodikara I, Tharakan A, Sheng T, Gallis J, Sellathurai M, et al.
ATS Sch
. 2023 Aug;
4(2):126-131.
PMID: 37538071
No abstract available.
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Neighbors C, Myers E, Weerasinghe N, Wijayaratne G, Bodinayake C, Nagahawatte A, et al.
Vaccines (Basel)
. 2023 May;
11(5).
PMID: 37243036
Influenza causes an estimated 3 to 5 million cases of severe illness annually, along with substantial morbidity and mortality, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Currently, Sri Lanka has...
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Muro F, Lyamuya F, Kwobah C, Bollinger J, Bodinayake C, Nagahawatte A, et al.
Front Public Health
. 2022 May;
10:848802.
PMID: 35548085
Background: To develop effective antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), it is important to identify key targets for improving antimicrobial use. We sought to systematically describe...
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Napagoda M, Gerstmeier J, Butschek H, Lorenz S, De Soyza S, Qader M, et al.
Pharmaceuticals (Basel)
. 2022 Apr;
15(4).
PMID: 35455433
Benth is used in Sri Lankan folk medicine as a remedy for inflammatory conditions and microbial infections. Our previous investigations revealed potent 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) inhibitory activity in lipophilic extracts of...
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Tsalik E, Fiorino C, Aqeel A, Liu Y, Henao R, Ko E, et al.
Front Immunol
. 2021 Nov;
12:741837.
PMID: 34777354
Viruses cause a wide spectrum of clinical disease, the majority being acute respiratory infections (ARI). In most cases, ARI symptoms are similar for different viruses although severity can be variable....