Senaka Rajapakse
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Sigera C, Rodrigo C, de Silva N, Weeratunga P, Fernando D, Rajapakse S
PLoS One
. 2021 Oct;
16(10):e0258388.
PMID: 34624062
Introduction: The cost in managing hospitalised dengue patients varies across countries depending on access to healthcare, management guidelines, and state sponsored subsidies. For health budget planning, locally relevant, accurate costing...
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Sigera P, Weeratunga P, Deepika Fernando S, de Silva N, Rodrigo C, Rajapakse S
Trop Med Int Health
. 2021 Apr;
26(8):993-1001.
PMID: 33892519
Objectives: To compare the traditional haematocrit-based criteria (>20% rise above baseline) with ultrasonography for diagnosing plasma leakage in dengue fever and to identify clinical indicators for triaging patients in resource-limited...
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Niloofa R, Karunanayake L, de Silva H, Premawansa S, Rajapakse S, Handunnetti S
Int J Infect Dis
. 2021 Feb;
105:135-140.
PMID: 33556609
Background: Leptospirosis is most often diagnosed clinically, and a laboratory test with high diagnostic accuracy is required. Methods: IgM and IgG ELISAs using Leptospira antigens were established and evaluated in...
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Threeswaran R, de Silva N, Gooneratne L, Arya R, Handunnetti S, Rajapakse S
Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci
. 2020 Dec;
10(Suppl 1):28-32.
PMID: 33376687
Context: Coagulation abnormalities have been observed among leptospirosis patients. However, coagulopathy in severe leptospirosis has not been further characterized. Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate conventional coagulation...
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Rodrigo C, Rajapakse S, Deepika Fernando S
Patient Prefer Adherence
. 2020 Nov;
14:2215-2223.
PMID: 33204072
Background: Chemoprophylaxis is an effective tool for individuals to minimize their risk of contracting malaria and serves an important public health role in preventing imported malaria. Yet, it is only...
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Sigera P, Rajapakse S, Weeratunga P, de Silva N, Gomes L, Malavige G, et al.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
. 2020 Oct;
115(6):669-676.
PMID: 33099653
Background: Previous studies on post-infection fatigue in dengue are few but suggest that up to 25% of dengue patients may suffer from fatigue. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence...
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Adikari T, Riaz N, Sigera C, Leung P, Valencia B, Barton K, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2020 Oct;
10(1):18196.
PMID: 33097792
Current methods for dengue virus (DENV) genome amplification, amplify parts of the genome in at least 5 overlapping segments and then combine the output to characterize a full genome. This...
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Rodrigo C, Rajapakse S, Fernando D
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
. 2020 Sep;
9:CD010458.
PMID: 32892362
Background: Plasmodium vivax malaria has a persistent liver stage that causes relapse of the disease and continued P vivax transmission. Primaquine (PQ) is used to clear the liver stage of...
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Rajapakse S, Weeratunga P, Balaji K, Ramchandani K, de Silva U, Ranasinghe S, et al.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2020 May;
14(5):e0008309.
PMID: 32428003
Leptospirosis is endemic in Sri Lanka. There is a need for updated seroprevalence studies in endemic areas, to improve the understanding of disease dynamics, risk factors, control methods, and for...
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Senarath U, Senanayake S, Pathirana S, Karunaweera N, Weerasinghe M, Gunawardena N, et al.
Ceylon Med J
. 2020 Mar;
64(3):103-110.
PMID: 32120460
Introduction: Sri Lanka has a predominantly rural population. However, there is a dearth of research on health and socioeconomic issues in this group. Objective: To describe basic socioeconomic characteristics and...