2022
Placing Leishmaniasis in the Limelight through the Communicable Disease Surveillance System: An Experience from Sri Lanka
Gunasekara SD, Nuwangi H, Wickramasinghe ND, Weerakoon K, Price HP, Dikomitis L, Agampodi SB. Placing Leishmaniasis in the Limelight through the Communicable Disease Surveillance System: An Experience from Sri Lanka. Pathogens 2022, 11: 680. PMID: 35745534, PMCID: PMC9227132, DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11060680.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
2010
Do People Know Adequately about Leptospirosis? A Knowledge Assessment Survey in Post-outbreak Situation in Sri Lanka.
Agampodi SB, Agampodi TC, Thalagala E, Perera S, Chandraratne S, Fernando S. Do People Know Adequately about Leptospirosis? A Knowledge Assessment Survey in Post-outbreak Situation in Sri Lanka. International Journal Of Preventive Medicine 2010, 1: 158-63. PMID: 21566785, PMCID: PMC3075525.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOverall current prevalenceMain clinical featuresKnowledge assessment surveyOutbreak of leptospirosisMode of transmissionClinical featuresMDD prevalenceEpidemiology UnitMuscle tendernessCurrent prevalenceCommunicable diseasesRisk occupationsLethal conditionGreater riskLeptospirosisDiseaseNational Household SurveyReservoir animalsExposure activitiesPublic healthPrevalenceRisk activitiesAssessment surveyMajor determinantAreas of Iran