• Prevalence of  Leptospira in Gampaha district
  • Perform blood culture for the isolation and identification of leptosira. Also do direct immunofluroscence for antibodies
• Identification of allergens by skin prick test in adult patients with bronchial asthma presenting at Colombo North Teaching Hospital Ragama.
• Identification of allergens (By skin prick testing) in adult patients with bronchial asthma presenting at asthma clinic, chest hospital, Welisara.
• Knowledge, attitude and practice of infection control activities among medical and nursing officers.
• Prevalence of antibiotic allergy in adult practice presenting to outpatient department of NCTH, Ragama.

Title: Wildlife immobilization and surveillance of emerging zoonotic diseases for sustainable management and conservation of wildlife resources in Sri Lanka

Name of the Swedish Grantee (Main applicant):
Prof. Asa Fahlman, Swedish Applicant (Main applicant) of the Swedish Research Link Programme between University of Kelaniya and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Name of the International grantee from Sri Lanka: Prof. N. P. Sunil-Chandra, Senior Professor & Chair, Dept. of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya

Other research co-workers, collaborators, resource persons of Swedish Research Council Link grant and their affiliations:

Co- workers:

1. Dr Ingrid Hansson, DVM, PhD, National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden.
2. Dr. Basil Alexander, BVSc, MPhil, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka,

Collaborators:

1. Dr B. Vijitha Perera, BVSc, MSc (Biodiversity Cons.), MSc (Wild Animal Health), Diploma (Endangered Spp. Management) is the Wildlife Veterinarian, Department of Wildlife Conservation, Sri Lanka
2. Dr Michelle Oakley, DVM, is a Wildlife Veterinarian at Yukon Wildlife Health, and the Zoo Veterinarian at Yukon Wildlife Preserve, Canada
3. Dr Torsten Möller, Zoo Veterinarian, Kolmården Zoo and Wildlife Park, Sweden
4. Dr Louise Guevara, Zoo Veterinarian, Kolmården Zoo and Wildlife Park, Sweden

Resource persons: 

1. Associate Professor Sofia Boqvist, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, SLU, Uppsala
2. Prof.Oswin Perera, BVSc, PhD, Director, Wildlife Health Research centre, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Duration of the grant: 2014-2017

Outcome:

1. Two training workshops on handling of wildlife for specimen collection in Sri Lanka.
2. Training of Mr. Santha Waidyaratne, Laboratory attendant, Dept. of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya on handling of wildlife, specimen collection and transport of wildlife clinical specimens for microbiological diagnosis.
3. Oral presentation by Prof. N. P. Sunil Chandra at the Swedish University in Uppsala, Sweden
4. Investigations carried out enteric pathogens of wild nonhuman primates of Sri Lanka.
5. Abstract and the poster presentation, 12th conference of the European wildlife Disease Association (EWDA), Berlin 2016

Title: Viral aetiology of gastroenteritis in children and adults in the Central and Western provinces of SriLanka.

Name of the principal investigator:

Prof. N.P. Sunilchandra, Senior Professor & Chair, Dept. of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya

Names of co-Ivestigators: 

1. Dr. W.R.L.P.I. Wijesooriya, Dept. of Medical Microbiology, University of Kelaniya
2. Dr. Faseeha Noordeen, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya

Duration of the grant: October 2015 to October 2017

Activities carried out: Specimen collection from patients is underway.  Ultra freezer (86 o C) and a class II safety cabinet has been ordered to facilitate the research.

Title: Microbiological and clinical evaluation of the current practice adopted at the University dental clinic for the treatment of pericoronitis associated with 8th tooth eruption

Name of the principal investigator: Dr. WRPLI Wijesooriya

Names of co-workers:

1. Prof. N.P. Sunilchandra
2. Dr. Senaka Perera, University Senior Dental Officer, University of Kelaniya

Title: A study on the nature of oral bacterial flora and their antibiotic resistance patterns among patients attending University of Kelaniya dental clinic

Name of the principal investigator: Prof. N.P. Sunilchandra

Names of co-workers

1. Dr. WRPLI Wijesooriya
2. Dr. Senaka Perera, University Senior Dental Officer, University of Kelaniya

Title: A study on the association of Hantavirus infection and Leptospirosis with Chronic Kidney Disease of Uncertain Etiology (CKDu) among patients in Sri Lanka

Name of the principal investigator: Prof. N. P. Sunilchandra

Names of co-investigators:

1. Dr. Sampath Jayaweera, Dept. of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
2. W .W.kumbukgolla, Dept. of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

Title: Hospital based survey on seroprevalence of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) in selected target populations in Sri Lanka.

Funding: Applied from the UGC research grants through the University of Kelaniya

Name of the principal investigator: Prof. N.P. Sunil-Chandra

Names of co-investigators:

1. Dr. W.R.P.L.I. Wijesooriya
2. Dr. F. Noordeen, Dept. of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya
3. Dr. G.R.S.S.Gunathilake, Dept. of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

Title: Prevalence of tuberculosis among patients presenting with chronic cough in Sri Lanka

Principle Investigator: Prof. N. P. Sunil-Chandra

Names of co-investigators:

1. Dr. W.R.P.L.I. Wijesooriya
2. Dr. WATP. Jayathilakae
3. Dr. KARD Kuruppu
4. Dr. KSKC Sunilchandra
5. Dr. C.S. Ratnayake
6. Dr. JAAS Jayaweera
7. Ms. B.C.G. Mendis

Title: Studies on the applicability of the rapid rabies antigen test for the screening of suspected rabid animals.

Principle Investigator: Prof. N. P. Sunil-Chandra

Names of co-investigator: Dr. K.A.A. Sarath Kumara, Public Health Veterinary Office, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka

Supervision of current research:

Local supervisor: PhD research project titled “Community based active survey on spatio temporal epidemiology of dog rabies in districts of Sri Lanka”.

PhD student: Dr. J.K.H.Ubeyratne