Suneth Agampodi, MBBS, MSc, MPH, MD
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Assistant Professor Adjunct of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
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Dr. Agampodi has been an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine since 2021. Before this appointment, he served as a Visiting Research Scientist at Yale School of Medicine (2019-2021). He is also a Research Scientist at the International Vaccine Institute in Seoul, Korea.
Dr. Agampodi earned his medical degree from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and completed his internship at Sri Jayawardanapura General Hospital, Sri Lanka, before being appointed as a primary care physician. He trained in community medicine at the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, where he received his MSc and MD in Community Medicine and became a board-certified consultant in community medicine. With an academic interest in zoonotic diseases and epidemiology, he completed a Master of Public Health at Massey University, New Zealand, focusing on biosecurity.
He was a pioneer member of the new Department of Community Medicine at Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, where he was appointed as the Head in 2012, promoted to Professor in 2015, and became the Founding Chair of the department in 2018. While at Rajarata, he served as Dean (2021-2022), Chair of the Ethics Review Committee, Director of the Maternal and Child Health Research Unit, and Lead Epidemiologist of the Tropical Disease Research Unit. Since 2010, Dr. Agampodi has been committed to developing research capacity at Rajarata through competitive international grants. He also served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Diego, in 2011.
His primary academic interests are in infectious disease epidemiology, population health, and preventive medicine.
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Infectious Diseases
Assistant Professor AdjunctPrimary
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Education & Training
- MPH
- Massey University, Biosecurity (2011)
- MD
- Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Community Medicine (2011)
- MSc
- Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Community Medicine (2006)
- Intern Medical Officer
- Sri Jayawardanapura General Hospital (2003)
- Intern Medical Officer
- Sri Jayawardanapura General Hospital (2001)
- MBBS
- University of Peradeniya, Medicine (2001)
Board Certifications
Community Medicine
- Certification Organization
- Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Sri Lanka
- Original Certification Date
- 2012
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0000-0001-7810-1774
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Joseph Vinetz, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FASTMH, BS
Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, PhD
Farshid Etaee
Amber Hromi-Fiedler, PhD, MPH
Leptospirosis
Public Health
Zoonoses
Population Health
Publications
2025
Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Collaborators G, Kerr J, Patton G, Cini K, Abate Y, Abbas N, Al Magied A, ElHafeez S, Abd-Elsalam S, Abdollahi A, Abdoun M, Abdulah D, Abdulkader R, Abdullahi A, Abeywickrama H, Abie A, Abiodun O, Abohashem S, Abtahi D, Abualruz H, Abubakar B, Abu-Gharbieh E, Abukhadijah H, Abu-Rmeileh N, Aburuz S, Abu-Zaid A, Adams L, Adane M, Addo I, Adedokun K, Adegoke N, Adesola R, Adetunji J, Adeyeoluwa T, Adiga U, Adnani Q, Afify A, Afolabi A, Afzal M, Afzal S, Agampodi S, Aghamiri S, Sobrinho C, Agyemang-Duah W, Ahinkorah B, Ahlstrom A, Ahmad A, Ahmad D, Ahmad F, Ahmad M, Ahmad N, Ahmad S, Ahmed A, Ahmed H, Ahmed L, Ahmed M, Ahmed M, Ahmed S, Ajami M, Akkaif M, Akrami A, Al Hamad H, Al Hasan S, Al Ta'ani Z, Al Thaher Y, Alalwan T, Al-Aly Z, Alam K, Al-amer R, Alansari A, Al-Ashwal F, Albashtawy M, Alemayehu B, Algammal A, Alhabib K, Alhuwail D, Ali A, Ali E, Ali M, Ali M, Ali R, Ali W, Alif M, Alimohamadi Y, Al-Jabi S, Aljofan M, Aljunid S, Alkhatib A, Almahmeed W, Al-Marwani S, Alomari M, Alqahtani S, Alqarni A, Alrawashdeh A, Alrimawi I, Alrousan S, Alshahrani N, Altaany Z, Altaf A, Alvi F, Alvis-Guzman N, Al-Wardat M, Al-Worafi Y, Aly H, Aly S, Alzoubi K, Mohammadi M, Amera T, Amiri S, Amu H, Amugsi D, Amusa G, Ananda R, Ancuceanu R, Ansari M, Ansari S, Anuoluwa B, Anuoluwa I, Anvari S, Anwar S, Anyasodor A, Arab J, Arabloo J, Arafat M, Aravkin A, Areda D, Aregawi B, Arifin H, Armocida B, Ärnlöv J, Arooj M, Arora A, Artamonov A, Artanti K, Arumugam A, Asghari-Jafarabadi M, Ashraf T, Asiamah-Asare B, Astell-Burt T, Athari S, Atorkey, Atreya A, Aumoldaeva Z, Awoke M, Awotidebe A, Aychiluhm S, Azimi A, Aziz S, Aziz S, Azzam A, Azzolino D, Babashahi M, Babu G, Badran A, Bagheri N, Bai R, Baig A, Bakkannavar S, Balakrishnan S, Baltatu O, Bam K, Banik R, Barati S, Bardhan M, Barqawi H, Barquera S, Barrow A, Barua L, Bastan M, Basu S, Bayat R, Bayih M, Bayleyegn N, Beeraka N, Behera P, Ramirez D, Bello U, Belo L, Bennett D, Bergami M, Berhe K, Berihun A, Bhadoria A, Bhala N, Bharadwaj R, Bhardwaj N, Bhardwaj P, Bhaskar S, Bhat A, Bhattacharjee P, Bhatti G, Bhatti J, Bilgin C, Bisignano C, Biswas B, Peroni B, Bjertness E, Bjørge T, Boloor A, Boppana S, Bosoka S, Bouaoud S, Boyko E, Braithwaite D, Brazo-Sayavera J, Brenner H, Bryazka D, Bugiardini R, Bui L, Bustanji Y, Butt N, Butt Z, Barsbay M, Calina D, Cámera L, Campos L, Cao S, Capodici A, Carletti C, Carvalho A, Carvalho M, Cattafesta M, Cattaruzza M, Cegolon L, Cembranel F, Cerin E, Cernigliaro A, Chadwick J, Chakraborty C, Chandrasekar E, Chang J, Chattu V, Chaudhary A, Chaurasia A, Chen A, Chen H, Chew N, Chi G, Chimoriya R, Ching P, Chitheer A, Choi D, Chong B, Chong C, Chopra H, Chopra S, Chou H, Choudhari S, Chung S, Chung S, Chutiyami M, Cogen R, Columbus A, Conrad N, Criqui M, Cruz-Martins N, da Silva A, Dadras O, Dai X, Dalakoti M, D'Amico E, Dandona L, Dandona R, D'Anna L, Danpanichkul P, Darcho S, Soltani R, Dash N, Davletov K, Dehghan A, Denova-Gutiérrez E, Molla M, Dergaa I, Desale A, Devanbu V, Devegowda D, Dhali A, Dhungel B, Diaz D, Dinu M, Chi T, do Prado C, Dodangeh M, Doegah P, Dohare S, Dokova K, Doku P, Dolatkhah N, D'Oria M, Dorostkar F, Doshi O, Doshi R, Dowou R, Du M, Dumith S, Dumuid D, Duncan B, Dutta S, Ebrahimi A, Edvardsson K, Sedeh A, Ekholuenetale M, Arab R, Bayoumy I, Eladl M, El-Ashker S, Elbarazi I, Elgendy I, Elhadi M, El-Metwally A, Elmonem M, Elnaem M, Elsheikh R, Eltaha C, Emeto T, Eslami M, Fabin N, Fadavian H, Fagbamigbe A, Fakhradiyev I, Faraji S, Farinha C, Faris M, Faris P, Kouhanjani M, Farooque U, Farrokhpour H, Fasusi S, Fazeli P, Fazylov T, Feizkhah A, Fekadu G, Feng X, Fernandez-Jimenez R, Ferreira N, Foigt N, Folayan M, Fomenkov A, Foroumadi R, Rodrigues C, Foschi M, Francis K, Franklin R, Gába A, Gadanya M, Gaidhane A, Galali Y, Gallus S, Ganesan B, Gangachannaiah S, Gebregergis M, Gebrehiwot M, Getacher L, Getie M, Ghadirian F, Ghazy R, Gil A, Gill T, Gillum R, Girmay A, Golechha M, Goleij P, Goulart A, Grada A, Grivna M, Grover A, Guan Z, Guarducci G, Gubari M, Guha A, Gulati S, Gunawardane D, Guo Z, Gupta B, Gupta R, Gupta R, Gupta V, Gutiérrez-Murillo R, Guzman-Esquivel J, Hadi N, Hadian Z, Hamdy N, Hamidi S, Hanif A, Hanifi N, Hankey G, Haq A, Haro J, Hasan F, Hashempour R, Hashempur M, Hasnain S, Hassan A, Hassan N, Hassanipour S, Rad A, Havmoeller R, Hay S, Hebert J, Hezam K, Hiraike Y, Hoang M, Holla R, Hossain A, Hosseinzadeh H, Hostiuc M, Hostiuc S, Htay Z, Hu M, Hu Y, Humayun A, Hundie T, Husseiny M, Hussien F, Huynh H, Hwang B, Ibrahim R, Ibrayeva A, Ikeda N, Ilesanmi O, Ilic I, Ilic M, Inbaraj L, Inok A, Iqbal K, Islam S, Islam F, Islam R, Islam M, Ismail N, Iso H, Isola G, Ituka M, Iwagami M, Iwu-Jaja C, Iyasu A, Jacob L, Jaffar S, Jahrami H, Jain A, Jain R, Jairoun A, Jakovljevic M, Javaid S, Jayapal S, Jayaram S, Jebasingh F, Jee S, Jema A, Jeswani B, Jonas J, Joseph N, Joshua C, Jozwiak J, Jürisson M, Kaambwa B, Kabir A, Kadashetti V, Kakkar A, Kalra S, Kanaan S, Kankam S, Kanmanthareddy A, Kanmodi K, Kantar R, Kar D, Karajizadeh M, Karakasis P, Behnagh A, Karimzadhagh S, Kassebaum N, Kauppila J, Kayode G, Kedir S, Kehagias D, Keshwani A, Kesse-Guyot E, Keykhaei M, Khajuria H, Khalili P, Khalilian A, Khalis M, Khan A, Khan M, Khan A, Khan M, Khan M, Khan M, Khan N, Khanal V, Khanmohammadi S, Khatatbeh M, Kheirkhah M, Khidri F, Khokhar M, Khosla A, Khosravi S, Khosrowjerdi M, Khusun H, Kim G, Kim J, Kim J, Kim M, Kim Y, Kimokoti R, Kisa A, Kishore L, Shivakumar K, Kokkorakis M, Kompani F, Korzh O, Kostev K, Laxminarayana S, Kretchy I, Kua C, Defo B, Kuddus M, Kulimbet M, Kulkarni V, Kumar G, Kumar V, Kundu S, Kunutsor S, Kurmi O, Kurniasari M, Kusuma D, Kytö V, La Vecchia C, Lacey B, Lahariya C, Lai D, Landires I, Larijani B, Lassi Z, Le H, Le N, Lee H, Lee M, Lee P, Lee S, Lee W, Li A, Li M, Li W, Li Y, Lim S, Lin J, Lin Q, Lindholm D, Lindstedt P, Liu J, Lo J, López-Gil J, Lorkowski S, Lucchetti G, Lugo A, Lutambi A, Feei Z, Gómez J, Maghbouli N, Mahalleh M, Mahmood N, Majeed A, Makris K, Rad E, Malekzadeh R, Malhotra K, Malik A, Malik I, Malta D, Mamun A, Manu E, Marateb H, Marino M, Marjani A, Martinez-Piedra R, Martorell M, März W, Marzouk S, Masrouri S, Mathangasinghe Y, Matozinhos F, Matthias T, Mattiello R, Maugeri A, Mazidi M, McPhail S, Mechili E, Salas M, Mehmood A, Mehrabani-Zeinabad K, Meto T, Meles H, Mendoza W, Menezes R, Mengistie E, Meo A, Mestrovic T, Mettananda C, Mettananda S, Miao H, Miller T, Ming W, Mirrakhimov E, Misganaw A, Mitiku H, Mittal M, Mohamed J, Mohamed M, Mohamed N, Mohammad T, Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi S, Mohammadian-Hafshejani A, Mohammadzadeh I, Mohammed S, Mokdad A, Monasta L, Mondello S, Moni M, Namin S, Ghalibaf A, Moradi Y, Morrison S, Motappa R, Mubarik S, Mulita F, Mullany E, Munkhsaikhan Y, Murillo-Zamora E, Murray C, Musa S, Mustafa G, Muthu S, Mwita J, Myung W, Nafiu A, Nagel G, Naik G, Naik H, Nambi G, Nangia V, Nargus S, Nascimento G, Nassar M, Nauman J, Naureen Z, Navaratna S, Nawsherwan, Nayak B, Nazri-Panjaki A, Negahdary M, Negoi I, Negoi R, Nematollahi S, Nepal S, Netsere H, Ng M, Ngunjiri J, Nguyen D, Nguyen P, Phuong The Nguyen, Niazi R, Nieddu L, Niknam M, Nikolouzakis T, Nikoobar A, Nkeck J, Nomura S, Noor S, Noreen M, Noubiap J, Nouri M, Nri-Ezedi C, Nugen F, Nuñez-Samudio V, Nur A, Nyande F, Nzoputam C, Oancea B, O'Connell E, Odetokun I, Ofakunrin A, Oguta J, Oh I, Okati-Aliabad H, Okeke S, Okekunle A, Okonji O, Olagunju A, Olalusi O, Olasehinde T, Oliveira A, Oliveira G, Oluwafemi Y, Omar H, Bali A, Omer N, Ong S, Ordak M, Ortiz A, Osborne A, Osman W, Otoiu A, Oumer A, Ouyahia A, Owolabi M, Owusu I, Oyebola K, Oyelade T, A M, Padron-Monedero A, Padubidri J, Palicz T, Panda S, Panda-Jonas S, Pandey A, Pandi-Perumal S, Pant S, Pardhan S, Parekh U, Parija P, Parikh R, Park E, Passera R, Patel J, Patoulias D, Paudel S, Peprah, Pereira M, Perico N, Perna S, Petcu I, Petermann-Rocha F, Pham H, Pham T, Pirouzpanah S, Polibin R, Popovic D, Potani I, Pourghazi F, Pourshams A, Pradhan J, Pradhan P, Prasad M, Prashant A, Prates E, Puvvula J, Qattea I, Qiao Y, Radhakrishnan V, Radojˇić M, Raggi C, Rahman F, Rahman M, Rahman M, Rahman M, Rahman M, Rahmanian M, Rahmanian V, Rahmati M, Kumar R, Raimondo I, Raj J, Rajput P, Ramadan M, Ramasamy C, Ramasamy S, Ramazanu S, Rana K, Ranabhat C, Rao M, Rao S, Rashedi S, Rashidi M, Rasouli-Saravani A, Rathish D, Rauniyar S, Rautalin I, Rawaf D, Rawaf S, Redwan E, Rege S, Rehman A, Reis-Mendes A, Remuzzi G, Rezaei N, Rezaeian M, Rhee T, Rocha-Gomes J, da Silva T, Rodriguez J, Roever L, Rohloff P, Romadlon D, Rony M, Roshandel G, Rout H, Roy N, Rwegerera G, Saad A, Saber-Ayad M, Sabzmakan L, Sadarangani K, Saddik B, Sadeghi M, Saeed U, Sagoe D, Sharif-Askari F, Sahebkar A, Sahoo S, Sajadi S, Sajid M, Salami A, Salaroli L, Saleem S, Saleh M, Salem M, Salihu D, Salimi S, Samy A, Santric-Milicevic M, Sarkar T, Sarmadi M, Sarode G, Sarode S, Sassano M, Saulam J, Sawhney M, Saxena S, Saya G, Schinckus C, Schmidt M, Schuermans A, Selvaraj S, Sendekie A, Sengupta P, Senol Y, Senthilkumaran S, Sepanlou S, Sethi Y, Seylani A, Shafie M, Shah S, Shahid S, Shahwan M, Shamim M, Shams-Beyranvand M, Shamsutdinova A, Shanawaz M, Shannawaz M, Sharath M, Sharifan A, Sharma M, Sharma U, Sharma V, Sheida F, Shenoy R, Shetty P, Shiferaw D, Shin M, Lapari M, Shiri R, Shittu A, Shool S, Shorofi S, Shrestha G, Shrestha R, Shuval K, Si Y, Sibuyi N, Siddig E, Siervo M, Silva D, Silva L, Singh A, Singh B, Singh H, Singh J, Singh K, Singh L, Singh M, Singh P, Singh S, Skryabina A, Smith A, Smith G, Soliman S, Soraneh S, Spartalis M, Srichawla B, Stanikzai M, Starodubova A, Straif K, Stubbs P, Subramaniyan V, Odidi M, Sulkowski A, Meo A, Sun Z, Sunny S, Sunuwar D, Swain C, Szarpak L, Y S, Tabarés-Seisdedos R, Tabatabaei S, Malazy O, Tabatabaeizadeh S, Tabatabai S, Tabche C, Tabish M, Taiba J, Tampa M, Tamuzi J, Tan K, Tanwar M, Tariq S, Tat N, Temsah M, Temsah R, Teramoto M, Terefa D, Tewari J, Thangaraju P, Thapar R, Thavamani A, Thirunavukkarasu S, Thomas J, Tiruneh S, Tiruye T, Titova M, Tiwari K, Tomo S, Tonelli M, Touvier M, Tovani-Palone M, Trabelsi K, Tran N, Tran T, Duc N, Trico D, Truyen T, Tsegay G, Tumurkhuu M, Tye S, Udoakang A, Ullah A, Ullah S, Ullah S, Umair M, Umar L, Umar U, Unim B, Upadhya D, Upadhyay E, Usman J, Ustunsoz D, Vaezghasemi M, Vaithinathan A, Van den Eynde J, Varghese J, Vasankari T, Vaziri S, Vellingiri B, Venketasubramanian N, Verma M, Verras G, Villalobos-Daniel V, Vladimirov S, Vlassov V, Vollset S, Vukovic R, Wahiduzzaman M, Wang C, Wang S, Wang X, Wang Y, Weerakoon K, Wei F, Wicaksana A, Wickramasinghe D, Wickramasinghe N, Willeit P, Wojewodzic M, Xia Q, Xiao G, Xie W, Xu S, Xu X, Yahya G, Yamagishi K, Yano Y, Yao H, Yarahmadi A, Yaribeygi H, Ye P, Yesuf S, Yin D, Yon D, Yonemoto N, Yu C, Yuan C, Yuce D, Yunusa I, Zamagni G, Zastrozhin M, Zeariya M, Zhang C, Zhang H, Zhang J, Zhang L, Zhang X, Zhang Z, Zhao H, Zheng D, Zhong A, Zhong C, Zhou J, Zhu B, Zhumagaliuly A, Zielińska M, Zitoun O, Zoghi G, Zou Z, Zyoud S, Gakidou E, Sawyer S, Azzopardi P. Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet 2025, 405: 785-812. PMID: 40049185, PMCID: PMC11920006, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)00397-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHigh-income North AmericaSouthern sub-Saharan AfricaExcess body massObesity prevalenceAged 5Non-communicable diseases in adulthoodGlobal burdenGlobal Burden of Disease StudyBurden of Disease StudyGlobal Burden of DiseaseSub-Saharan AfricaCentral Latin AmericaNational prevalence of childrenRisk Factors StudySpatiotemporal Gaussian process regression modelingBurden of diseaseMales aged 5Prevalence of childrenConsequences of obesityOverweight prevalenceAdolescent overweightAge-standardisedBody massIndividuals aged 5Females aged 5Global, regional, and national burden of suicide, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Collaborators G, Weaver N, Bertolacci G, Rosenblad E, Ghoba S, Cunningham M, Ikuta K, Moberg M, Mougin V, Han C, Wool E, Abate Y, Adewuyi H, Adnani Q, Adzigbli L, Afolabi A, Agampodi S, Ahinkorah B, Ahmad A, Ahmad D, Ahmad S, Ahmed A, Ahmed H, Al Hamad H, Al-Ajlouni Y, Al-amer R, Albashtawy M, Aldhaleei W, Ali S, Ali W, Alomari M, Alsabri M, Alvis-Guzman N, Al-Worafi Y, Amindarolzarbi A, Amiri S, Andrei T, Anvari S, Arabloo J, Areda D, Artamonov A, Ashraf T, Athari S, Atout M, Azzam A, Badiye A, Baghcheghi N, Bahramian S, Banach M, Barker-Collo S, Bärnighausen T, Barrow A, Bashiri A, Bashiru H, Bastan M, Batra K, Batra R, Bayati M, Benjet C, Benzian H, Bertuccio P, Bhagavathula A, Bhattacharjee P, Bills C, Boppana S, Borges G, Borhany H, Bustanji Y, dos Santos F, Castelpietra G, Caye A, Cenderadewi M, Chandika R, Chandrasekar E, Charalampous P, Chen Y, Chimoriya R, Chopra H, Choudhari S, Chu D, Chukwu I, Chutiyami M, Cowden R, Dachew B, Dadras O, Dai X, Dalal K, Dandona L, Dandona R, Darcho S, Soltani R, Dávila-Cervantes C, de la Torre-Luque A, Debopadhaya S, Degenhardt L, Delgado-Enciso I, Dervišević E, Diaz M, Dongarwar D, Doshi O, Dsouza H, Dumith S, Duraisamy S, Eboreime E, Efendi F, Ekholuenetale M, Arab R, Elhadi M, ELNahas G, Eltaha C, Haque S, Eskandarieh S, Fahim A, Faro A, Fatehizadeh A, Fazeli P, Feizkhah A, Fekadu G, Ferreira N, Fischer F, Franklin R, Fridayani N, Gajdács M, Gandhi A, Ganesan B, Gebregergis M, Gebrehiwot M, Gebremeskel T, Getie M, Ghadimi D, Ghailan K, Ghashghaee A, Gholamrezanezhad A, Goleij P, Grada A, Grivna M, Guan S, Gulati S, Gupta S, Gutiérrez R, Gutiérrez-Murillo R, Hamilton E, Hanifi N, Hasan I, Tabatabaei M, Hay S, Heidari M, Hemmati M, Hoan N, Hosseinzadeh M, Hostiuc S, Huang J, Huynh H, Ibitoye S, Ilesanmi O, Ilic I, Ilic M, Immurana M, Inok A, Iwu C, Jahrami H, Jaka S, Yengejeh R, Ji Z, Jin S, Joseph N, Joshua C, Jozwiak J, Kabir Z, Kadashetti V, Kanmodi K, Kantar R, Kapoor N, Karaye I, Karmakar S, Kaur H, Kerr J, Khajuria H, Khan A, Khatab K, Kheirallah K, Kim K, Kim M, Shivakumar S, Kolahi A, Koohestani H, Krishna V, Kugbey N, Kulimbet M, Kumar G, Kumar M, Kundu S, Kytö V, Landires I, Le N, Lee D, Lee W, Lee Y, Lim S, Lin J, Liu R, López-Gil J, Lucchetti G, Feei Z, Maled V, Malhotra K, Malik A, Marconi A, Martinez-Piedra R, Marzo R, Mathangasinghe Y, Maulik P, Meles H, Menezes R, Meretoja T, Mestrovic T, Michalek I, Miller T, Mirza M, Misganaw A, Mittal C, Mohamed A, Mohamed N, Mohammadian-Hafshejani A, Mokdad A, Molinaro S, Monasta L, Ghalibaf A, Morrison S, Motappa R, Mughal F, Mulita F, Munkhsaikhan Y, Murray C, Muthu S, Myung W, Nafei A, Naghavi P, Naik G, Naik G, Natto Z, Naveed M, Navid S, Nayak B, Nazri-Panjaki A, Netsere H, Neupane S, Nguyen H, Nguyen N, Nguyen P, Phuong The Nguyen, Nguyen V, Nikoobar A, Noguer I, Nomura S, Nri-Ezedi C, Nuñez-Samudio V, Nzoputam O, Oancea B, Oduro M, Oh I, Okeke S, Oluwafemi Y, Ong S, Ordak M, Orpana H, Ortiz-Prado E, Osuagwu U, Padron-Monedero A, Padubidri J, Palma-Alvarez R, Pandey A, Pandey A, Pantazopoulos I, Park S, Park S, Pashaei A, Patel J, Pawar S, Peprah, Peres M, Petcu I, Philip A, Phillips M, Piracha Z, Pradhan J, Prates E, Pribadi D, Puvvula J, Qattea I, Qian G, Radhakrishnan V, Raghav P, Rahimibarghani S, Rahimi-Movaghar A, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Rahman M, Rahman M, Rahman M, Rahmanian M, Rajpoot P, Ramadan M, Ramasamy S, Rani S, Rao M, Rao S, Rashidi M, Rastogi P, Rathish D, Rawaf D, Reifels L, Rezaeian M, Rhee T, Rickard J, Roever L, Rony M, Chandan S, Saddik B, Sadeghian F, Saeb M, Saeed U, Moghaddam S, Safari M, Sagoe D, Sharif-Askari N, Sahoo P, Sahoo S, Salamati P, Salihu D, Salimi S, Salum G, Sameen S, Samy A, Santric-Milicevic M, Sarkar C, Sarode G, Sarode S, Sathian B, Schumacher A, Šekerija M, Semreen M, Sepanlou S, Shafie M, Shahid S, Shaikh A, Shaikh M, Sharifan A, Rad J, Sharma A, Sharma V, Sheikhi R, Shetty M, Shetty P, Shetty P, Shivarov V, Shool S, Singh P, Singh P, Singh S, Socea B, Stein D, Stein M, Sun J, Swain C, Szarpak L, Y S, Tabatabaei S, Tabche C, Tareke M, Temsah M, Thum C, Tiruye T, Tovani-Palone M, Tran N, Tran T, Duc N, Tromans S, Truyen T, Tsegay G, Tumurkhuu M, Vahdati S, Vaithinathan A, Valdez P, Vasankari T, Veroux M, Verras G, Vinayak M, Vos T, Walde M, Wang Y, Ward J, Wickramasinghe N, Wojewodzic M, Yesodharan R, Yiğit A, Yin D, Yip P, Yon D, Yonemoto N, Yu C, Zare I, Zeariya M, Zhang H, Zhong C, Zhu B, Zhumagaliuly A, Naghavi M. Global, regional, and national burden of suicide, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Public Health 2025, 10: e189-e202. PMID: 39986290, PMCID: PMC11876099, DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00006-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAge-standardised mortality ratesBurden of suicideRates of suicideIncidence of suicide attemptsGlobal burdenHighest age-standardised rateGlobal Burden of Disease StudyBurden of Disease StudyGlobal Burden of DiseaseSouthern sub-Saharan AfricaMortality rateAge-standardised ratesSub-Saharan AfricaPublic health frameworkRisk Factors StudyReduce suicide mortalityBurden of diseasePopulation mortality ratesMortality surveillanceCentral sub-Saharan AfricaVerbal autopsySuicide attemptsSuicide burdenVital registrationHealth frameworkEvaluation of naturally occurring IgG anti-Vi antibody titers as predictors and correlates of typhoid fever in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Khanam F, Rickett N, Ahmmed F, Islam M, Mbae C, Im J, Aziz A, Ongadi B, Chowdhury F, Khan A, Akter A, Firoj M, Rahman S, Haile K, Park S, Mwebia M, Mwangi M, Ngugi B, Behute M, Kering K, Agampodi S, Kanungo S, Liu X, Pollard A, Zaman K, Kim D, Kariuki S, Qadri F, Clemens J. Evaluation of naturally occurring IgG anti-Vi antibody titers as predictors and correlates of typhoid fever in Dhaka, Bangladesh. BMC Infectious Diseases 2025, 25: 149. PMID: 39891051, PMCID: PMC11786536, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-025-10548-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAntibodies, BacterialBangladeshChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin GIncidenceInfantMaleMiddle AgedPolysaccharides, BacterialSalmonella typhiSeroepidemiologic StudiesTyphoid FeverTyphoid-Paratyphoid VaccinesYoung AdultConceptsAnti-Vi antibodiesTyphoid feverReceiver operating characteristicTyphoid riskIncidence of typhoid feverCulture-confirmed typhoid feverAntibody titersResultsThe ROC analysisCox proportional hazards modelsRisk of typhoidTyphoid infectionEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayProportional hazards modelMethodsWe analyzed dataPresence of antibodiesTyphoidCohort studyTyphoid vaccineROC analysisAntibody levelsCrude analysisIncreased seroprevalenceFeverHazards modelNatural immunityShigellosis in an Urban Slum in Kenya: Risk Factors and Antimicrobial Resistance
Ongadi B, Aziz A, Mbae C, Mwangi M, Kering K, Khan A, Nasrin D, Ngugi B, Bundi M, Park E, Islam T, Rickett N, Ahmmed F, Chowdhury F, Khanam F, Firoj G, Im J, Haile K, Ara S, Behute M, Agampodi S, Akter A, Kanungo S, Zaman K, Qadri F, Clemens J, Kariuki S. Shigellosis in an Urban Slum in Kenya: Risk Factors and Antimicrobial Resistance. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2025, 12: ofaf026. PMID: 39963694, PMCID: PMC11832040, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf026.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Role of Toll-like receptor 2 during infection of Leptospira spp: A systematic review
Kappagoda C, Senavirathna I, Agampodi T, Agampodi S. Role of Toll-like receptor 2 during infection of Leptospira spp: A systematic review. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0312466. PMID: 39729468, PMCID: PMC11676585, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312466.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsToll-like receptor 2Toll-like receptor 2 expressionReceptor 2TLR2 responsesSystematic reviewIn vivoImmune effectorsIn vitroEx vivoHuman studiesInvolvement of Toll-like receptor 2Systematic Review Centre for Laboratory Animal Experimentation riskInvolvement of TLR4Increased TLR2 expressionNational Institutes of Health Quality Assessment ToolEffective immune responseIn vitro studiesHuman leptospirosisTLR2 involvementRisk of biasIn vivo studiesTLR2 expressionOffice of Health AssessmentWeb of ScienceImmune responseGlobal, regional, and national age-sex-specific burden of diarrhoeal diseases, their risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2021, for 204 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Collaborators G, Kyu H, Vongpradith A, Dominguez R, Ma J, Albertson S, Novotney A, Khalil I, Troeger C, Doxey M, Ledesma J, Sirota S, Bender R, Swetschinski L, Cunningham M, Spearman S, Abate Y, Al Magied A, ElHafeez S, Abdoun M, Abera B, Abidi H, Aboagye R, Abtew Y, Abualruz H, Abu-Gharbieh E, Abukhadijah H, Aburuz S, Addo I, Adekanmbi V, Adetunji C, Adeyeoluwa T, Adhikary R, Adnani Q, Adra S, Adzigbli L, Afolabi A, Afzal M, Afzal S, Agampodi S, Agide F, Ahinkorah B, Ahmad A, Ahmad S, Ahmed A, Ahmed A, Ahmed H, Ahmed S, Akinosoglou K, Akter E, Al Awaidy S, Alajlani M, Alam K, Albakri A, Albashtawy M, Aldhaleei W, Algammal A, Al-Gheethi A, Ali A, Ali S, Ali W, Alif M, Aljunid S, Al-Marwani S, Almazan J, Al-Mekhlafi H, Almustanyir S, Alqahatni S, Alrawashdeh A, Al-Rifai R, Alsabri M, Altaf A, Altirkawi K, Alvis-Guzman N, Alvis-Zakzuk N, Alyahya M, Al-Zyoud W, Amugsi D, Andrei C, Antoni S, Anuoluwa B, Anuoluwa I, Anwar S, Anwari P, Apostol G, Arabloo J, Arafat M, Aravkin A, Areda D, Aregawi B, Aremu A, Arndt M, Asgedom A, Ashraf T, Athari S, Atreya A, Ayele F, Azadi D, Azhar G, Aziz S, Azzam A, Babu G, Taghanaki P, Bahramian S, Balakrishnan S, Banik B, Bante S, Bardhan M, Bärnighausen T, Barqawi H, Barrow A, Basharat Z, Bassat Q, Bastan M, Basu S, Bathini P, Behzadi P, Beiranvand M, Bello M, Bello O, Beloukas A, Beran A, Bhandari D, Bhardwaj P, Bhutta Z, Borhany H, Bouaoud S, Brauer M, Buonsenso D, Butt Z, Barsbay M, Cámera L, Capodici A, Castañeda-Orjuela C, Cenderadewi M, Chakraborty C, Chakraborty S, Chattu V, Chaudhary A, Chichagi F, Ching P, Chirinos-Caceres J, Chopra H, Choudhari S, Chowdhury E, Chu D, Chukwu I, Chutiyami M, Cruz-Martins N, Dadras O, Dai X, Dandona L, Dandona R, Darcho S, Das J, Dash N, Delgado-Enciso I, Desye B, Devanbu V, Dhama K, Dhimal M, Diaz M, Chi T, Dohare S, Dorostkar F, Doshi O, Doshmangir L, Dsouza H, Duraisamy S, Durojaiye O, E'mar A, Ed-Dra A, Edinur H, Efendi D, Efendi F, Eghbali F, Ekundayo T, Sayed I, Elhadi M, El-Metwally A, Elshaer M, Elsohaby I, Eltaha C, Eshrati B, Eslami M, Fahim A, Fakhradiyev I, Fakhri-Demeshghieh A, Farahmand M, Fasina F, Fasina M, Feizkhah A, Fekadu G, Ferreira N, Fetensa G, Fischer F, Fukumoto T, Fux B, Gadanya M, Gaihre S, Gajdács M, Galali Y, Gandhi A, Gautam R, Gebregergis M, Gebrehiwot M, Gebremeskel T, Getachew M, Getahun G, Getie M, Ghasemzadeh A, Ghazy R, Ghozy S, Gil A, Girmay A, Gizaw A, Golechha M, Goleij P, Gona P, Grada A, Guarducci G, Gudeta M, Gupta V, Habteyohannes A, Hadi N, Hamidi S, Hamilton E, Harapan H, Hasan K, Hasan S, Hasani H, Hasnain S, Hassan I, He J, Hemmati M, Hezam K, Hosseinzadeh M, Huang J, Huynh H, Ibitoye S, Ikuta K, Ilesanmi O, Ilic I, Ilic M, Inamdar S, Isa M, Islam R, Islam M, Ismail N, Iwu C, Jacobsen K, Jahrami H, Jain A, Jain N, Jairoun A, Jakovljevic M, Yengejeh R, Javidnia J, Jayaram S, Jokar M, Jonas J, Joseph A, Joseph N, Jozwiak J, Kabir H, Kadir D, Kamal M, Kamal V, Kamireddy A, Kanchan T, Kanmodi K, S S, Kantar R, Karami J, Karki P, Kasraei H, Kaur H, Keykhaei M, Khader Y, Khalilian A, Khamesipour F, Khan G, Khan M, Khan Z, Khanal V, Khatab K, Khatatbeh M, Khater A, Kheirallah K, Khidri F, Khosla A, Kim K, Kim Y, Kisa A, Kissoon N, Klu D, Kochhar S, Kolahi A, Kompani F, Kosen S, Krishan K, Defo B, Kuddus A, Kuddus M, Kulimbet M, Kumar G, Kumar R, Kyei-Arthur F, Lahariya C, Lal D, Le N, Lee S, Lee W, Lee Y, Li M, Ligade V, Liu G, Liu S, Liu X, Liu X, Lo C, Lucchetti G, Lv L, Malhotra K, Malik A, Marasini B, Martorell M, Marzo R, Masoumi-Asl H, Mathur M, Mathur N, Mediratta R, Meftah E, Meto T, Meles H, Melese E, Mendoza W, Merati M, Meretoja T, Mestrovic T, Mettananda S, Minh L, Mishra V, Mithra P, Mohamadkhani A, Mohamed A, Mohamed M, Mohamed N, Mohammed M, Mohammed S, Monasta L, Moni M, Motappa R, Mougin V, Mubarik S, Mulita F, Munjal K, Munkhsaikhan Y, Naghavi P, Naik G, Nair T, Najmuldeen H, Nargus S, Davani D, Nashwan A, Natto Z, Nazri-Panjaki A, Nchanji G, Ndishimye P, Ngunjiri J, Nguyen D, Nguyen N, Nguyen V, Nigatu Y, Nikoobar A, Niranjan V, Nnaji C, Noman E, Noor N, Noor S, Nouri M, Nozari M, Nri-Ezedi C, Nugen F, Odetokun I, Ogunfowokan A, Ojo-Akosile T, Okeke I, Okekunle A, Olorukooba A, Olufadewa I, Oluwatunase G, Orish V, Ortega-Altamirano D, Ortiz-Prado E, Osuagwu U, Osuolale O, Ouyahia A, Padubidri J, Pandey A, Pandey A, Pando-Robles V, Pardhan S, Parikh R, Patel J, Patil S, Pawar S, Peprah, Perianayagam A, Perna S, Petcu I, Philip A, Polibin R, Postma M, Pourtaheri N, Pradhan J, Prates E, Pribadi D, Qasim N, Qazi A, Deepthi R, Radhakrishnan V, Rahim F, Rahman M, Rahman M, Rahmani S, Rahmanian M, Rahmanian N, Ramadan M, Ramasamy S, Ramazanu S, Rameto M, Ramteke P, Rana K, Ranabhat C, Rasella D, Rashidi M, Rasouli-Saravani A, Rathish D, Rauniyar S, Rawaf S, Redwan E, Regmi A, Rengasamy K, Rezaei N, Rezaei N, Rezaeian M, Riad A, Rodrigues M, Rodriguez J, Roever L, Rohilla R, Ronfani L, Rony M, Ross A, Roudashti S, Roy B, Runghien T, Dhingra M, Saddik B, Sadeghi E, Safari M, Sahoo S, Sajadi S, Salami A, Saleh M, Kafil H, Samodra Y, Sanabria J, Sanjeev R, Sarkar T, Sartorius B, Sathian B, Satpathy M, Sawhney M, Schumacher A, Sebsibe M, Serban D, Shafie M, Shahid S, Shahid W, Shaikh M, Sham S, Shamim M, Shams-Beyranvand M, Shamshirgaran M, Shanawaz M, Shannawaz M, Sharifan A, Sharma M, Sharma V, Shenoy S, Sherchan S, Shetty M, Shetty P, Shiferaw D, Shittu A, Shorofi S, Siddig E, Silva L, Singh B, Singh J, Sinto R, Socea B, Soeters H, Sokhan A, Sood P, Soraneh S, Sreeramareddy C, Srinivasamurthy S, Srivastava V, Stanikzai M, Subedi N, Subramaniyan V, Sulaiman S, Suleman M, Swain C, Szarpak L, Y S, Tabatabaei S, Tabche C, Taha Z, Talukder A, Tamuzi J, Tan K, Tandukar S, Temsah M, Thakali O, Thakur R, Thirunavukkarasu S, Thomas J, Thomas N, Ticoalu J, Tiwari K, Tovani-Palone M, Tram K, Tran A, Tran N, Tran T, Tromans S, Truyen T, Tumurkhuu M, Udoakang A, Udoh A, Ullah S, Umair M, Umar M, Unim B, Unnikrishnan B, Vahdati S, Vaithinathan A, Valizadeh R, Verma M, Verras G, Vinayak M, Waheed Y, Walde M, Wang Y, Waqas M, Weerakoon K, Wickramasinghe N, Wolde A, Wu F, Yaghoubi S, Yaya S, Yezli S, Yiğit V, Yin D, Yon D, Yonemoto N, Yusuf H, Zahid M, Zakham F, Zaki L, Zare I, Zastrozhin M, Zeariya M, Zhang H, Zhang Z, Zhumagaliuly A, Zia H, Zoladl M, Mokdad A, Lim S, Vos T, Platts-Mills J, Mosser J, Reiner R, Hay S, Naghavi M, Murray C. Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific burden of diarrhoeal diseases, their risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2021, for 204 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2024 PMID: 39708822, DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(24)00691-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPopulation-attributable fractionDiarrhoeal disease burdenGlobal burdenBurden of diarrhoeal diseaseRisk factorsEffectiveness of health interventionsGlobal Burden of Disease StudyBayesian meta-regression toolBurden of Disease StudyGlobal Burden of DiseaseComparative risk assessment frameworkDisease burdenDisability-adjusted life yearsPopulation-based surveyVerbal autopsy dataRisk Factors StudyMortality surveillance dataVital registration dataChild growth failureIndependent effects of risk factorsEffects of risk factorsAge groupsBurden of diseaseAge-sex groupsYears of lifeInvestigating disease awareness of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka to inform public health services: a cross-sectional study
Gunasekara S, Agampodi T, Weerasinghe M, Fernando M, Price H, Wickramasinghe N, Agampodi S. Investigating disease awareness of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka to inform public health services: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e088714. PMID: 39581720, PMCID: PMC11590865, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088714.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSecondary outcome measuresAnuradhapura districtOutcome measuresProbability sample of householdsTreatment centresMultistage cluster samplingPublic health interventionsPublic health servicesCross-sectional studyData collection periodExpert consensus approachPrimary disease characteristicsRural Sri LankaPrimary outcome measureSample of householdsHealth interventionsLow disease awarenessHealth servicesPerceived susceptibilityEvidence-basedCommunity awarenessDisease awarenessDivisional Secretariat areaCluster samplingProbability sampleGlobal, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks' gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Collaborators G, Comfort H, McHugh T, Schumacher A, Harris A, May E, Paulson K, Gardner W, Fuller J, Frisch M, Taylor H, Leever A, Teply C, Verghese N, Alam T, Abate Y, Abbastabar H, ElHafeez S, Abdelmasseh M, Abd-Elsalam S, Abdissa D, Abdoun M, Abdulkader R, Abebe M, Abedi A, Abidi H, Abiodun O, Aboagye R, Abolhassani H, Abrigo M, Abu-Gharbieh E, Abu-Rmeileh N, Adane M, Addo I, Adema B, Adesina M, Adetunji C, Adeyinka D, Adnani Q, Afzal S, Agampodi S, Agodi A, Agyemang-Duah W, Ahinkorah B, Ahmad A, Ahmad D, Ahmadi A, Ahmed A, Ahmed H, Ahmed L, Ajami M, Akinosoglou K, Al Hasan S, Al-Aly Z, Alam K, Alanezi F, Alanzi T, Albashtawy M, Alemi S, Algammal A, Al-Gheethi A, Ali A, Ali L, Ali M, Alif M, Aljunid S, Almazan J, Al-Mekhlafi H, Almidani L, Almustanyir S, Altirkawi K, Aly H, Aly S, Amani R, Ameyaw E, Amhare A, Amin T, Amiri S, Andrei C, Andrei T, Anoushiravani A, Ansar A, Anvari D, Anwer R, Appiah F, Arab-Zozani M, Aravkin A, Areda D, Aregawi B, Artamonov A, Aryal U, Asemi Z, Asemu 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