2023
Mitigating the effects of climate change on human health with vaccines and vaccinations
Kim C, Agampodi S, Marks F, Kim J, Excler J. Mitigating the effects of climate change on human health with vaccines and vaccinations. Frontiers In Public Health 2023, 11: 1252910. PMID: 37900033, PMCID: PMC10602790, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1252910.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRespiratory syncytial virus infectionCost-effective public health interventionsSyncytial virus infectionVaccine-preventable diseasesPublic health interventionsUse of vaccinesResource-poor countriesTransmissible infectious diseasesPublic health consequencesWorld Health OrganizationBody of evidenceHelminthic infectionsVirus infectionVaccine researchGlobal vaccine developmentVaccine developmentHealth interventionsNarrative reviewInfectious diseasesHealth consequencesVaccinationDiseaseAvailable evidenceHealth OrganizationVaccine
2022
Neglecting the neglected during the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of leptospirosis in Sri Lanka
Warnasekara J, Agampodi S. Neglecting the neglected during the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of leptospirosis in Sri Lanka. Epidemiology And Health 2022, 44: e2022015. PMID: 35038829, PMCID: PMC9117097, DOI: 10.4178/epih.e2022015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 pandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicPublic health surveillance systemsCases of leptospirosisControl of leptospirosisDisease 2019 pandemicHealth surveillance systemsGlobal health systemLarge outbreakInfectious diseasesHealth systemLeptospirosisTransmission dynamicsSurveillance systemPandemicSurveillanceSri LankaDisease
2017
Leptospirosis in Sri Lanka
Warnasekara J, Agampodi S. Leptospirosis in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2017, 7: 67-75. DOI: 10.4038/sljid.v7i2.8155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCase fatality ratioImportant infectious diseasesRisk groupsFatality ratioDifferent occupational categoriesLarge outbreakInfectious diseasesHuman casesLeptospirosisDiseaseFurther studiesComplicated casesExposure riskOccupational categoriesPriority research areasDifferent strainsSri LankaOutbreakClinicopathologyCasesYearsPhysiciansDiagnosis
2016
Situation of Sri Lanka, where autochthonous malaria is no longer a problem, and other infections dominate, such as dengue, leptospirosis and rickettsioses
Agampodi S, Wijerathne B, Weerakoon K. Situation of Sri Lanka, where autochthonous malaria is no longer a problem, and other infections dominate, such as dengue, leptospirosis and rickettsioses. Current Opinion In Infectious Diseases 2016, 29: 446-452. PMID: 27479026, DOI: 10.1097/qco.0000000000000303.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutochthonous malariaCase fatality rateCommunicable disease controlReduction of malariaCommunicable disease control programmesControl programsClinical managementMalaria casesDisease control programsFatality rateCommunicable diseasesSuccessful control programsMalaria controlDisease controlInfectious diseasesMalariaDiseaseTropical diseasesDiagnostic facilitiesVector control activitiesLeptospirosisDengueTime trendsVector-borne diseasesRickettsioses
2014
Hantavirus infection mimicking leptospirosis: how long are we going to rely on clinical suspicion?
Dahanayaka NJ, Agampodi SB, Bandaranayaka AK, Priyankara S, Vinetz JM. Hantavirus infection mimicking leptospirosis: how long are we going to rely on clinical suspicion? The Journal Of Infection In Developing Countries 2014, 8: 1072-5. PMID: 25116678, DOI: 10.3855/jidc.4115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHantavirus infectionPopulation-based prospective studyDiagnostic facilitiesAcute hantavirus infectionClassical clinical pictureCases of leptospirosisClinical suspicionClinical pictureProspective studyEpidemiological featuresRetrospective analysisInfectious diseasesInfectionSerum samplesMedical staffLeptospirosisLeptospirosis outbreaksFeverDiseaseDiagnosisSuspicionSri Lanka
2012
Case definitions in Leptospirosis: a note to Sri Lankan researchers
Agampodi S. Case definitions in Leptospirosis: a note to Sri Lankan researchers. Sri Lankan Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2012, 2: 55. DOI: 10.4038/sljid.v2i2.4516.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCase definitionInfectious diseases
2011
Leptospirosis Outbreak in Sri Lanka in 2008: Lessons for Assessing the Global Burden of Disease
Agampodi SB, Peacock SJ, Thevanesam V, Nugegoda DB, Smythe L, Thaipadungpanit J, Craig SB, Burns MA, Dohnt M, Boonsilp S, Senaratne T, Kumara A, Palihawadana P, Perera S, Vinetz JM. Leptospirosis Outbreak in Sri Lanka in 2008: Lessons for Assessing the Global Burden of Disease. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2011, 85: 471-478. PMID: 21896807, PMCID: PMC3163869, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.11-0276.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute renal failureLeptospirosis outbreaksCase fatality rateLimited diagnostic capacityDisease burden estimatesLaboratory diagnostic capabilitiesEndemic infectious diseasesCause of epidemicSerovars PyrogenesClinical characteristicsRenal failureHeart failurePatient populationMain complicationsCase definitionBurden estimatesGlobal burdenCase confirmationHigh titersInfectious diseasesDiagnostic capacityHigh endemicityReference groupLeptospira interrogansDisease