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  • Cultivar-specific growth and yield of mukunuwenna (alternanthera sessilis) in the low country wet zone, Sri Lanka 
    Ariyasoma, U.M.U.R.; Shyamalee, H.A.P.A.; Wathugala, D.L. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, 2024)
    Joyweed/Mukunuwenna (Alternanthera sessile) is a globally significant leafy vegetable, yet its maximum yield potential remains largely unrealized due to the limited genetic diversity of existing varieties. Farmers ...
  • Impact of organic and chemical fertilizer combinations on growth, yield, and soil carbon in in oil palm cultivation at Talgaswella estate, Sri Lanka 
    Bulugahapitiya, D.U.H.; Palihakkara, I.R.; Blasuriya, A. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, 2024)
    The success of oil palm cultivation hinges on factors such as planting material quality, management practices, and the availability of essential macro and micro-nutrients. Insufficient nutrient supply adversely impacts ...
  • Physicochemical and microbial characteristics of selected dried fish products in Sri Lankan markets 
    Thennakoon, T.M.N.P.; Subodinee, A.A.M.; Koralagama, D.N.; Hirimuthugoda, N.Y. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, 2024)
    The study was carried out to evaluate the physicochemical and microbiological properties of selected dried fish (Boat dried fish, local- land dried fish, and imported dried fish) and Maldive fish samples from markets in ...
  • Determinants of productivity and problems associated with betel leaf cultivation in Sylhet region of Bangladesh 
    Upoma, R.H.; Mazumder, M.S.J.; Monshi, M.H.; Mouri, M.H.; Alam, M. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, 2024)
    The study aimed at evaluating the determinants of productivity of betel leaf cultivation among the farmers of two districts namely Sylhet and Moulvibazar administered under Sylhet division, Bangladesh. A total of 80 ...
  • A Case of Cerebral Malaria: are we Alert to Detect? 
    Pratheepan, G.J.; Bodinayake, C.K. (Galle Medical Association, 2009-07-29)
    Malaria is an important treatable cause of fever. Cerebral malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum causes multisystem involvement leading to death. Though malaria was a common illness in Sri Lanka years back, the ...
  • Leptospirosis as Frequent Cause of Acute Febrile Illness in Southern Sri Lanka 
    Reller, Megan E.; Bodinayake, C.K.; Nagahawatte, A.; Devasiri, V.; Arachchi, W.K.; Strouse, John J.; Flom, Judith E.; Dumler, J. Stephen; Woods, Christopher W. (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, United States, 2011-09-09)
    To determine the proportion of fevers caused by leptospirosis, we obtained serum specimens and epidemiologic and clinical data from patients in Galle, Sri Lanka, March-October 2007. Immunoglobulin M ELISA was performed on ...
  • Effect of two bacterial isolates on selected improved rice varieties under in vitro and greenhouse condition 
    Chathurika, L.G.I.; Mandic-Mulec, I.; Greenberg, E.P.; Senanayake, G.; Geekiyanage, S. (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka, 2024-01-13)
    Sri Lankan rice cultivation has been heavily dependent on the large-scale use of inorganic fertilizers since the introduction of new improved rice varieties to farmers in the 1960s. Excessive use of chemical fertilizers ...
  • A Case of Infective Endocarditis Caused by Salmonella Paratyphi A 
    Egodage, U.K.; Dharmarathne, C.; Mohideen, M.S.; Dahanayake, M.U.; Bodinayake, C.K. (Ruhunu Clinical Society, 2015-11-01)
    Introduction: Endocarditis is a rare complication of salmonellosis. The most frequently observed species is Salmonella typhi[1]. Endocarditis caused by Salmonella paratyphi is extremely rare with only few previous cases ...
  • Unsuspected Dengue and Acute Febrile Illness in Rural and Semi-Urban Southern Sri Lanka 
    Reller, Megan E.; Bodinayake, C.K.; Nagahawatte, A.; Devasiri, V.; Arachchi, W.K.; Strouse, John J.; Broadwater, Anne; Ostbye, T.; De Silva, A.; Woods, Christopher W. (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, United States, 2012-02-02)
    Dengue virus (DENV), a globally emerging cause of undifferentiated fever, has been documented in the heavily urbanized western coast of Sri Lanka since the 1960s. New areas of Sri Lanka are now being affected, and ...
  • Unsuspected Rickettsioses among Patients with Acute Febrile Illness, Sri Lanka, 2007 
    Relle, Megan E.; Bodinayake, C.K.; Nagahawatte, A.; Devasiri, V.; Arachchi, W.K.; Strouse, John J.; Flom, Judith E.; Ostbye, T.; Woods, Christopher W.; Dumler, J. Stephen (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, United States, 2012-05-05)
    We studied rickettsioses in southern Sri Lanka. Of 883 febrile patients with paired serum samples, 156 (17.7%) had acute rickettsioses; rickettsioses were unsuspected at presentation. Additionally, 342 (38.7%) had exposure ...
  • Pulmonary Alveolar Mcrolithiasis Complicated by Corpulmonale 
    Gayani, G.G.A.; Muhunthan, S.; Perera, A.; Bodinayake, C.K.; Mohideen, M.R. (Ceylon College of Physician, 2014-11-27)
    Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare,chronic lung disease with bilateral intra-alveolar calcium and phosphate deposition throughout the lung parenchyma. This is a case history of a 40- year-old female with a family ...
  • A Possible Association of Hypokalaemic Periodic Paralysis, Autoimmune Thyroiditis and Neuromyotonia 
    Arambewela, M.H.; Sumanathilaka, M.R.; Pathirana, K.D.; Bodinayake, C.K. (The Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2013-12-28)
    Acute hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HPP), a clinical syndrome characterised by acute systemic weakness and low serum potassium (K+), is a rare but treatable cause of acute limb weakness. Hypokalemia can be caused by K+ ...
  • Chikungunya as a Cause of Acute Febrile Illness in Southern Sri Lanka 
    Reller, Megan E.; Akoroda, Ufuoma; Nagahawatte, A.; Devasiri, V.; Strouse, John J.; Chua, Robert; Yan'an Hou; Chow, Angelia; Sessions, October M.; Ostbye, T.; Gubler, Duane J.; Woods, Christopher W.; Bodinayake, C.K. (Public Library of Science (PLOS) , 2013-12-02)
    Background: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) re-emerged in Sri Lanka in late 2006 after a 40-year hiatus. We sought to identify and characterize acute chikungunya infection (CHIK) in patients presenting with acute undifferentiated ...
  • An Under-recognized Influenza Epidemic Identified by Rapid Influenza Testing, Southern Sri Lanka, 2013 
    Tillekeratne, L.G.; Bodinayake, C.K.; Nagahawatte, A.; Vidanagama, D.; Arachchi, W.K.; Kurukulasooriya, R.; De Silva, A.D.; Ostbye, T.; Reller, Megan E.; Woods, Christopher W. (The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2015-05-02)
    Influenza accounts for a large burden of acute respiratory tract infections in high-income countries; data from lower-income settings are limited due to lack of confirmatory testing. Consecutive outpatients presenting to ...
  • Use of Rapid Influenza Testing to Reduce Antibiotic Prescriptions Among Outpatients with Influenza-Like Illness in Southern Sri Lanka 
    Tillekeratne, L.G.; Bodinayake, C.K.; Nagahawatte, A.; Vidanagama, D.; Anderson, W.K.; Kurukulasooriya, R.; De Silva, A.D.; Ostbye, T.; Reller, Megan E.; Woods, Christopher W. (The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2015-11)
    Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) are a common reason for unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions worldwide. Our objective was to determine if providing access to rapid influenza test results could reduce antibiotic ...
  • Dengue Fever Associated with Extreme Reactive Thrombocytosis 
    Egodage, U.K.; Dissanayake, N.U.; Dahanayake, M.U.; Bodinayake, C.K. (The Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2016-12-30)
    Dengue is an important viral illness which has the potential to progress into dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) or dengue shock syndrome (DSS). Leucopenia and throm-bocytopenia are the hallmarks of acute dengue which ...
  • Extended-spectrum ß-Lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae as a Common Cause of Urinary Tract Infections in Sri Lanka 
    Tillekeratne, L.G.; Vidanagama, D.; Tippalagama, R.; Lewkebandara, R.; Joyce, Maria; Nicholson, B.P.; Nagahawatte, A.; Bodinayake, C.K.; De Silva, A.D.; Woods, Christopher W. (Infect Chemother, 2016-09-23)
    Background: Extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-PE) are increasingly reported as pathogens in urinary tract infections (UTIs). However, in Sri Lanka, the clinical and molecular epidemiology ...
  • Emergence of Epidemic Dengue-1 Virus in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka 
    Bodinayake, C.K.; Tillekeratne, L.G.; Nagahawatte, A.; Devasiri, V.; Arachchi, W.K.; Strouse, John J.; Sessions, October M.; Kurukulasooriya, R.; Uehara, Anna; Howe, Shiqin; Xin Mei Ong; Tan, Sharon; Chow, Angelia; Tummalapalli, P.; De Silva, A.D.; Ostbye, T.; Woods, Christopher W.; Gubler, Duane J.; Reller, Megan E. (Public Library of Science (PLOS), 2016-10-06)
    Background Dengue is a frequent cause of acute febrile illness with an expanding global distribution. Since the 1960s, dengue in Sri Lanka has been documented primarily along the heavily urbanized western coast with ...
  • Challenges of Managing Enterobacter Endocarditis; a Review of Two Cases 
    Piyasiri, D.L.B.; Priyarangani, W.K.A.P.; Kariyawasam, I.; Wijeweera, D.; Bodinayake, C.K.; Kodikaraarachchi, R.W.K.; Madurawe, D.R.; Sathananthan, P.P.; Jayasekara, J.V.G.M. (Galle Medical Association, 2017-03-28)
    Introduction Infective endocarditis (IE) carries significant mortality and morbidity and Streptococci and Staphylococci are the common causative organisms Apart from the HACEK group (Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, ...
  • Burden and Seasonality of Viral Acute Respiratory Tract Infections among Outpatients in Southern Sri Lanka 
    Shapiro, David; Bodinayake, C.K.; Nagahawatte, A.; Devasiri, V.; Kurukulasooriya, R.; Hsiang, Jeremy; Nicholson, B.P.; De Silva, A.D.; Ostbye, T.; Reller, Megan E.; Woods, Christopher W.; Tillekeratne, L.G. (The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2017-07-12)
    In tropical and subtropical settings, the epidemiology of viral acute respiratory tract infections varies widely between countries. We determined the etiology, seasonality, and clinical presentation of viral acute respiratory ...

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