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Sunethra Gunasena

Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna
Verified email at med.ruh.ac.lk
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[HTML][HTML] Histopathological diagnosis of myocarditis in a dengue outbreak in Sri Lanka, 2009

KGAD Weerakoon, SAM Kularatne, DH Edussuriya… - BMC Research …, 2011 - Springer
Background In 2009, an outbreak of dengue caused high fatality in Sri Lanka. We conducted
5 autopsies of clinically suspected myocarditis cases at the General Hospital, Peradeniya to …

[HTML][HTML] New dengue virus type 1 genotype in Colombo, Sri Lanka

HA Tissera, EE Ooi, DJ Gubler, Y Tan… - Emerging infectious …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The number of cases and severity of disease associated with dengue infection in Sri Lanka
has been increasing since 1989, when the first epidemic of dengue hemorrhagic fever was …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of biochemical and haematological changes in dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever in Sri Lankan children: a prospective follow up study

GAM Kularatnam, E Jasinge, S Gunasena… - BMC pediatrics, 2019 - Springer
Background Series of biochemical and haematological changes occur during the course of
dengue infection, which vary depending on the clinical disease. The patterns of change are …

Relative frequency of VP4 gene alleles among human rotaviruses recovered over a 10-year period (1982-1991) from Japanese children with diarrhea

S Gunasena, O Nakagomi, Y Isegawa… - Journal of clinical …, 1993 - Am Soc Microbiol
The relative frequencies of the Wa (corresponding to serotype P1A), DS-1 (P1B), M37 (P2),
and AU-1 (P3) alleles of the VP4 gene from rotaviruses collected from the stools of …

[HTML][HTML] Serum chymase levels correlate with severe dengue warning signs and clinical fluid accumulation in hospitalized pediatric patients

APS Rathore, M Senanayake, AS Athapathu… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Dengue induces a spectrum of severity in humans from the milder dengue fever to severe
disease, or dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). Chymase is a candidate biomarker that may …

[HTML][HTML] Laboratory-enhanced dengue sentinel surveillance in Colombo District, Sri Lanka: 2012-2014

H Tissera, A Amarasinghe, S Gunasena… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Dengue has emerged as a significant public health problem in Sri Lanka.
Historically surveillance was passive, with mandatory dengue notifications based on clinical …

Prevalence of prolonged and chronic poliovirus excretion among persons with primary immune deficiency disorders in Sri Lanka

R de Silva, S Gunasena, D Ratnayake… - Vaccine, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The Global Polio Eradication Initiative, established in 1988, has made
substantial progress toward achieving this target, with only 3 countries never having …

Boosting of mucosal immunity after fractional-dose inactivated poliovirus vaccine

D Gamage, O Mach, P Palihawadana… - The Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) boosts mucosal immunity in persons
previously vaccinated with oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV). We assessed whether fractional …

Myocarditis in three patients with dengue virus type DEN 3 infection.

SAM Kularatne, MMK Pathirage, UAB Medagama… - 2006 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Three cases of myocarditis caused by dengue 3 virus are described in a 37-year-old man, a
32-year-old woman and a 31-year-old woman. The cases were detected during an outbreak …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of dengue serotype 4 in Sri Lanka during the 2012–2013 Dengue Epidemic

A Uehara, HA Tissera, CK Bodinayake… - The American journal …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The four serotypes of dengue virus (DENV-1,-2,-3, and-4) have had a rapidly expanding
geographic range and are now endemic in over 100 tropical and subtropical countries. Sri …