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RESEARCH GROUP
RICKETTSIAL DISEASES
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT
Clinical aspects; Preventive and epidemiological aspects including vectors, vector ecology, distribution/mapping; Diagnostics including serology, RDTs and molecular; Biomarkers of disease severity in Sri Lanka
GROUP MEMBERS
PUBLICATIONS
[Top 5 high-impact indexed papers]
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Annotated checklist of chigger mites (Trombidiformes: Leeuwenhoekiidae, Trombiculidae and Walchiidae) in Sri Lanka [2022] Ashani, M.L.S.; Gunathilaka, P.A.D.H.N.; Premarathne, B.A.H.R.; Chandrasena, T.G.A.N.; Jacinavicius, Fernando de Castro ; Bassini-Silva, Ricardo Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports 2022 Sep; 34:100771
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Molecular Characterization of Rickettsial Agents in Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Sri Lanka. Dasch GA, Eremeeva ME, Zambrano ML, Premaratna R, Kularatne SAM, Jayanthe Rajapakse RPV. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Apr 11;106(6):1613-23. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0995. Online ahead of print. PMID: 35405644
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Rickettsia conorii O antigen is the target of bactericidal Weil-Felix antibodies. Kim HK, Premaratna R, Missiakas DM, Schneewind O. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Sep 24;116(39):19659-19664. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1911922116. Epub 2019 Aug 14. PMID: 31413191
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Rickettsial illnesses, a leading cause of acute febrile illness. Premaratna R. Clin Med (Lond). 2022 Jan;22(1):2-5. doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2021-0790. PMID: 35078787
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Genotypic characterization of Orientia tsutsugamushi from patients in two geographical locations in Sri Lanka Ranjan Premaratna, Lucas S. Blanton, Dilhar N. Samaraweera, G. Nalika N. de Silva, Nilmini T. G. A. Chandrasena, David H. Walker, H. J. de Silva BMC Infect Dis. 2017; 17: 67. Published online 2017 Jan 13. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-2165-z PMCID: PMC5237229
Collaborators
International Collaborators and Institutions:
- CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Dr. Gregory Dash
- Prof Marina Eremeeva (Georgia Southern University, USA)
- University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston,Texas, USA
- Prof David Walker, Prof. Blanton Lucas
- Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory,Australia
- Prof Stephen Graves , Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Prof Yupin Suputtamongkol , Instituto Butantan | butanan · Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas - LCZ
- Prof Ricardo Bassini Fernando de Castro Jacinavicius
Local Collaborators and Institutions:
- Faculty of Science,University of Kelaniya
- Prof Nimanthi Jayathilake
- Prof Kapila Senevitrathne
- Faculty of veterinary medicine andMedicine, University of Peradeniya
- Prof Jayanthe Rajapakshe
- Prof SAM Kularatne
GRANT / FUNDING SUPPORT
- National Research Council Grant 18-008
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