Prof. W.D.S.J. Wickramasinghe
Professor in Parasitology
 
Publications
  1. Sinhalagoda Lekamlage Chandi Asoka Dharmarathna, Susiji Wickramasinghe, Roshitha Nilmini Waduge, Rajapakse Peramune Veddikkarage Jayanthe Rajapakse, Senanayake Abeysinghe Mudiyanselage Kularatne, 2013. Does Carica papaya leaf-extract increase the platelet count? An experimental study in a murine model. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 3(9),720-724.

  2. K Rekha Devi, Kanwar Narain, S Bhattacharya, K Negmu, Takeshi Agatsuma, David Blair, S Wickramashinghe, J Mahanta, 2007, Pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis due to Paragonimus heterotremus: molecular diagnosis, prevalence of infection and clinicoradiological features in an endemic area of northeaster, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 101(8),786-792

  3. Lalani Yatawara, Susiji Wickramasinghe, RPVJ Rajapakse, Takeshi Agatsuma, 2010, The complete mitochondrial genome of Setaria digitata (Nematoda: Filarioidea): Mitochondrial gene content, arrangement and composition compared with other nematodes, Molecular and biochemical parasitology, 173(1),32-38

  4. Lahiru Sandaruwan Galgamuwa, Buthsiri Sumanasena, Lalani Yatawara, Susiji Wickramasinghe, Devika Iddawela, 2017,  Clinico-Epidemiological Patterns of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Patients Attending the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital, Sri Lanka, The Korean journal of parasitology, 55(1), 1

  5. Susiji Wickramasinghe, Lalani Yatawara, RPVJ Rajapakse, Takeshi Agatsuma, 2009, Toxocara vitulorum (Ascaridida: Nematoda): Mitochondrial gene content, arrangement and composition compared with other Toxocara species, Molecular and biochemical parasitology, 166(1),89-92

  6. Chandana H Mallawarachchi, Nilmini TGA Chandrasena, Susiji Wickramasinghe, Ranjan Premaratna, Nilmini YIS Gunawardane, Navoda SMSM Mallawarachchi, Nilanthi R de Silva, 2018, A preliminary survey of filarial parasites in dogs and cats in Sri Lanka, PLoS One, 13(11), e0206633

  7. K Rekha Devi, Kanwar Narain, Takeshi Agatsuma, David Blair, Mitsuru Nagataki, S Wickramasinghe, L Yatawara, Jagadish Mahanta, 2010, Morphological and molecular characterization of Paragonimus westermani in northeastern India, Acta Tropica, 116(1), 31-38

  8. Devathri M Nanayakkara, RPVJ Rajapakse, Susiji Wickramasinghe, Senanayaka AM Kularatne, 2013, Serological Evidence for Exposure of Dogs to Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia typhi, and Orientia tsutsugamushi in Sri Lanka, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 13(8), 545-549

  9. Susiji Wickramasinghe, Lalani Yatawara, RPVJ Rajapakse, Takeshi Agatsuma, 2009,Toxocara canis and Toxocara vitulorum: molecular characterization, discrimination, and phylogenetic analysis based on mitochondrial (ATP synthase subunit 6 …, Parasitology research, 104,1425-1430

  10. Lalani Yatawara, Thanh Hoa Le, Susiji Wickramasinghe, Takeshi Agatsuma, 2008, Maxicircle (mitochondrial) genome sequence (partial) of Leishmania major: gene content, arrangement and composition compared with Leishmania tarentolae, Gene, 424(1-2), 80-86

  11. Lalani Yatawara, Susiji Wickramasinghe, Mitsuru Nagataki, RPVJ Rajapakse, Takeshi Agatsuma, 2007, Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of Setaria digitata of Sri Lanka based on CO1 and 12S rDNA genes, Veterinary parasitology, 148(2), 161-165

  12. Lalani Yatawara, Susiji Wickramasinghe, Mitsuru Nagataki, Misa Takamoto, Haruka Nomura, Yasunori Ikeue, Yoshiya Watanabe, Takeshi Agatsuma, 2009, Aureobasidium-derived soluble branched (1, 3-1, 6) β-glucan (Sophy β-glucan) enhances natural killer activity in Leishmania amazonensis-infected mice, The Korean journal of parasitology, 47(4), 345

  13. Susiji Wickramasinghe, Lalani Yatawara, Mitsuru Nagataki, Misa Takamoto, Yoshiya Watanabe, RPVJ Rajapakse, Kouji Uda, Tomohiko Suzuki, Takeshi Agatsuma, 2008, Development of a highly sensitive IgG-ELISA based on recombinant arginine kinase of Toxocara canis for serodiagnosis of visceral larva migrans in the murine …,Parasitology Research, 103, 853-858

  14. R. D. Jayasinghe, S. R. Gunawardane, M. A. M. Sitheeque, S. Wickramasinghe, 2015, A Case Report on Oral Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis, Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Article ID 648278, 4 pages, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

  15. Osada SA Suraweera, Lahiru S Galgamuwa, Devika Iddawela, Susiji Wickramasinghe, 2015, Prevalence and associated factors of Enterobius vermicularis infection in children from a poor urban community in Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional study, Int J Res Med Sci, 3(8), 1994-9

  16. Susiji Wickramasinghe, Kouji Uda, Mitsuru Nagataki, Lalani Yatawara, RPVJ Rajapakse, Yoshiya Watanabe, Tomohiko Suzuki, Takeshi Agatsuma, 2007, Toxocara canis: molecular cloning, characterization, expression and comparison of the kinetics of cDNA-derived arginine kinase, Experimental parasitology, 117(2), 124-132

  17. Devika Iddawela, Kiruthiha Ehambaram, Susiji Wickramasinghe, 2015, Human ocular dirofilariasis due to Dirofilaria repens in Sri Lanka, Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 8(12), 1022-1026

  18. Anjalie Amarasinghe, Susiji Wickramasinghe, 2020, A comprehensive review of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka and identification of existing knowledge gaps, Acta Parasitologica,65, 300-309

  19. Lahiru s Galgamuwa, Buthsiri Sumanasena, Devika Iddawela, Susiji Wickramasinghe, Lalani Yatawara, 2019, Assessment of intralesional cytokine profile of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by leishmania donovani in Sri Lanka, BMC Microbiology,19(14)

  20. DGRS Kulathunga, Susiji Wickramasinghe, RPVJ Rajapakse, Lalani Yatawara, WR Jayaweera, Takeshi Agatsuma, 2012, Immunolocalization of arginine kinase (AK) in Toxocara canis, Toxocara vitulorum, and Ascaris lumbricoides, Parasitology research, 111, 663-671

  21. UM Sirisena, WMDR Iddawela, F Noorden, S Wickramasinghe, 2014, Prevalence and identification of Cryptosporidium species in paediatric patients with diarrhoea, Ceylon Medical Journal, 59(3)

  22. Charitha Mendis, Vasanthi Thevanesam, Athula Kumara, Susiji Wickramasinghe, Dushantha Madegedara, Chandika Gamage, Stephen V Gordon, Yasuhiko Suzuki, Champa Ratnatunga, Chie Nakajima, 2019, Insight into genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Kandy, Sri Lanka reveals predominance of the Euro-American lineage, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 87, 84-91

  23. M Nagataki, K Uda, BR Jarilla, S Tokuhiro, S Wickramasinghe, T Suzuki, D Blair, T Agatsuma, 2012, Molecular and catalytic properties of an arginine kinase from the nematode Ascaris suum, Journal of helminthology, 86(3), 276-286

  24. Thivya Balendran, Lalani Yatawara, Susiji Wickramasinghe, 2022,Human Dirofilariasis Caused by Dirofilaria repens in Sri Lanka from 1962 to 2020, Acta Parasitologica, 67(1)

  25. Sayuri Herath, Thivya Balendran, Akila Herath, Devika Iddawela, Susiji Wickramasinghe, 2021, Comparison of diagnostic methods and analysis of socio-demographic factors associated with Trichomonas vaginalis infection in Sri Lanka, PLOS ONE, 16(10), e0258556

  26. Umanga C Gunasekera, Susiji Wickramasinghe, Ganga Wijesinghe, RPVJ Rajapakse, 2012, Gastrointestinal parasites of captive primates in the National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka, TAPROBANICA: The Journal of Asian Biodiversity,4(1)

  27. Anjalie Amarasinghe, Thanh H Le, Susiji Wickramasinghe, 2020, Bertiella studeri infection in children, Sri Lanka, Emerging infectious diseases, 26(8), 1889

  28. D Weerathunga, A Amarasinghe, D Iddawela, S Wickramasinghe,2019,Prevalence of canine tick-borne haemoparasites in three Divisional Secretariat Divisions (Rambewa, Tirappane, and Galenbidunuwewa) in the Anuradhapura district, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 9 (2), 111-119

  29. Osada Suraweera, Lahiru Galgamuwa, S Wickramasinghe, D Iddawela, N Nandasiri , 2018, Soil-transmitted helminth infections, associated factors and nutritional status in an estate community in Sri Lanka,Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 8 (2), 100-14

  30. Lalani Yatawara, Susiji Wickramasinghe, Jayantha Rajapakse RPV, Laxman RRM, Thanh Hoa Le, Yoshiya Watanabe, Takeshi Agatsuma ,Morphological and molecular studies on Sri Lankan Leishmania, 2008,Tropical medicine and health 36 (4), 171-179

  31. Lasanthika D. Thewarage, Duminda S. B. Dissanayake, Udari S. Perera, Anura T. Bandara, B. V. P. Perera, S. Wickramasinghe, R. P. V. J. Rajapakse ,Morphology and Molecular Characterization of Parabronema smithii (Cobbold, 1882) (Nematoda: Habronematidae) from Wild Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) of Sri Lanka, 2020, Acta Parasitologica 65 (2), 504-517

  32. R Rajapakse, M Iwagami, S Wickramasinghe, SM Walker, T Agatsuma, Morphology and surface topography of the schistosome Bivitellobilharzia nairi from the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus maximus) in Sri Lanka,2013, Journal of helminthology 87 (3), 348-355

  33. M Nagataki, S Wickramasinghe, K Uda, T Suzuki, H Yano, Y Watanabe, T Agatsuma, Cloning and enzyme activity of a recombinant phosphagen kinase from nematodes , 2008, Jpn J Med Technol 57, 41-45

  34. Jayakody NK, Kumbukgahadeniya PL, Silva A, Wickramasinghe ND, Wickramasinghe S, McManus DP, Weerakoon KG, The accuracy of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) in detecting human intestinal nematode infections: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2022, PLOS ONE 17 (12)

  35.  Nuwan Gunarathna, Anjalie Amarasinghe, Sunil Wijesundara, Devika Iddawela, Susiji Wickramasinghe, Isolation, molecular characterization and phylogeny of Naegleria species in water bodies of North-Western Province, Sri Lanka, 2021, Plos one 16 (3), e0248510

  36. A Gunasekara, D Iddawela, S Wickramasinghe, Morphometrics of amastigote forms of Leishmania donovani in cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Sri Lanka: evidence for the presence of promastigote-like structures, 2019, Sri Lankan J Infect Dis 9, 59-67

  37. D Atapattu, D Iddawela, S Adikari, S Wickramasinghe, L Bandara, S Samaraweera, The first documentation of the immune response to cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani in Sri Lanka, 2017, Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 7 (2)

  38. J Gunarathna, D Iddawela, S Wickramasinghe, A preliminary study on Naegleria species in water bodies of Kurunegala district, Sri Lanka, 2018, Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 8 (2), 74-83

  39. KUE Perera, S Wickramasinghe, BVP Perera, K Bandara, R Rajapakse, Redescription and molecular characterization of Anoplocephala manubriata, Railliet et al., 1914 (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from a Sri Lankan wild elephant (Elephas maximus), 2017, Parasitology international 66 (3), 279-286

  40. S Wickramasinghe, L Yatawara, M Nagataki, T Agatsuma, Arginine kinase in Toxocara canis: Exon–intron organization, functional analysis of site-directed mutants and evaluation of putative enzyme inhibitors,2016, Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine 9 (10), 995-1001

  41. S Wickramasinghe, L Yatawara, T Agatsuma, Toxocara canis (Ascaridida: Nematoda): Mitochondrial gene content, arrangement and composition compared with other Toxocara species, 2014, Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 4 (2)

  42. KUE Perera, S Wickramasinghe, BVP Perera, R Rajapakse, Evaluation of morphometric features and molecular characterization of its 2 and 28s genes of Anoplocephala sp. from a Sri Lankan Elephant, 2014, Proceedings of the Peradeniya University Internafional Research Sessions 18, 505

  43. W Susiji, WN Roshitha, Does Carica papaya leaf-extract increase the platelet count? An experimental study in a murine model, 2013, Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 720-724

  44.  Chandana H Mallawarachchi, Mangala M Dissanayake, Sidesh R Hendavitharana, Saman Senanayake, Nisayuri Gunathilaka, Nilmini TGA Chandrasena, Thishan C Yahathugoda, Susiji Wickramasinghe, Nilanthi R de Silva, Ocular Trematodiasis in Children, Sri Lanka, 2023, Emerging Infectious Diseases 29 (4), 809

  45. UM Sirisena, W Iddawela, F Noordeen, S Wickramasinghe, Prevalence and Identification of Cryptosporidium species in Paediatric diarrhoeic patients, 2013, Proceedings of the Peradeniya University. international Research sessions, Sri Lanka, 18, 312-317

  46. 吾妻美子， 熊澤綾乃， 吉良佳那， 渡部嘉哉， 吾妻健 , イヌ回虫の経口感染によりモデルマウス肺に発生したイヌ回虫症の病理組織学的研究, 2006, 高知学園短期大学紀要 36, 75-85

  47. N Athukorala, S Wickramasinghe, L Yatawara, K Weerakoon, A systematic review of zoonotic disease prevalence in Sri lanka, 2024, Vector -Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

  48. J Bingumal, B Hasini, W Susiji, K Jayantha, D Kavisha, Human oro-nasopharyngeal myiasis by Chrysomya bezzina (old-world screwworm): The first reported case in Sri Lanka, 2023, Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 1-6

  49.  JKH Ubeyratne, MDN Jayaweera, LGS Lokugalappatti, S Wickramasinghe, HM Tun, Market characteristics, Salmonella prevalence and associated risk practices in poultry processing environments in wet markets in Sri Lanka, 2022, Sri Lanka Veterinary Journal 69 (2)

  50. Lalindi Nirmitha De Silva, Sampath Ranaweera, Lalitha Senarath, Susiji Wickramasinghe, Channa Yahathugoda, DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES IN THE LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS POST-ELIMINATION ERA IN SRI LANKA: A CASE OF CONJUNCTIVITIS CAUSED BY BRUGIA SP. FEMALE ADULT, 2021, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 105 (5), 112-112

  51. D Gunarathne, A Amarasinghe, S Wickramasinghe, R Morel, First report of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia diagnosed with DNA sequencing in post-renal transplant patients in Sri Lanka, 2021, Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 11 (1), 27-31

  52. C Rajapaksha, AP Amarasinghe, S Fernando, RPVJ Rajapakse, D Tappe, S Wickramasinghe, Morphological and molecular description of Armillifer moniliformis larvae isolated from Sri Lankan brown palm civet (Paradoxurus montanus), 2020, Parasitology research 119, 773-781

  53. A Gunasekara, D Iddawela, S Wickramasinghe, A comparative morphometrics of amastigote forms of Leishmania donovani found in cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Sri Lanka: evidence for the presence of promastigote-like …, 2019, Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 9 (1)

  54. RD Jayasinghe, SR Gunawardane, MAM Sitheeque, S Wickramasinghe, Case Report A Case Report on Oral Subcutaneous Dirofilariasis, 2015

  55. B Marambe, Kamalā Liyanagē, Nanda Gunawardhana, Missaka Priyadarshana Bandara Wijayagunawardane, Susiji Wickramasinghe, Madura Munasinghe, Ranjith Dissanayake, Together Towards Tomorrow: Third Conference on Sri Lanka-Japan Collaborative Research: Book of Abstracts, 2015, Sri Lanka-Japan Study Centre, University of Peradeniya

  56. SAO Suraweera, GLS Galgamuwa, W Iddawela, S Wickramasinghe, Prevalence and Risk Factors of Enterobius Vermicularis Infection Among Children in A Poor Urban Community in Sri Lanka, 2014,University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

  57. S Wickramasinghe, L Yatawara, M Nagataki, T Agatsuma, TOXOCARA CANIS ARGININE KINASE: GENE STRUCTURE, FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF SITE-DIRECTED MUTANS AND SCREENING OF SUBSTRATE ANALOGS AS POTENTIAL INHIBITORS, 2014,University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

  58. S Rathnapala, R Morel, S Wickramasinghe, Laboratory Identification of Pneumocystis jiroveci in Patients clinically Suspected to have Pneumocystis pneumonia, 2013,The University of Peradeniya

  59. KGAD Weerakoon, RPVJ Rajapakse, SAM Kularatne, S Wickramasinghe, SB Adikari, KBAT Bandara, SLCA Dharmarathna, Molecular Characterization and Phylogenetic Identification of Human Rickettsial Species from the Patients, 2013, Rajarata University of Srilanka

  60. JKH Ubeyratne, MDN Jayaweera, A Dangolla, S Wickramasinghe, Molecular approach based investigations on Black Quarter (BQ) outbreaks in provinces of Sri Lanka during 2005-2010. , 2012

  61. UC Gunasekera, KAB T Bandara, S Wickramasinghe, G Wijesinghe, RPV Rajapakse, A Preliminary Study on Gastrointestinal Parasites of Captive Primates in the National Zoological Gardens Dehiwala, Sri Lanka,2011, University of Peradeniya

  62. D Liyanaarachchl, RPV Rajapakse, S Wickramasinghe, PR Dilrukshi, Species of Ticks in Domestic and Wild Animals in Sri Lanka, 2011, University of Peradeniya

  63. 長瀧充， 宇田幸司， 鈴木知彦， 矢野弘子， 渡部嘉哉， 吾妻健 , 線虫類フォスファーゲンキナーゼ遺伝子のクローニングとリコンビナント酵素タンパクの活性測定 , 2008, 医学検査: 日本臨床衛生検査技師会誌= The Japanese journal of medical technology, 57(1), 41-45

  64. 吾妻美子， 福永佐枝， 長瀧充， 渡部嘉哉， 吾妻健, 黒酵母培養液ソフィ β-グルカン経口投与によるイヌ回虫症のマウスモデルにおける肺の病理組織学的研究 , 2007, 高知学園短期大学紀要 37, 19-34

  65.  D Atapattu, D Iddawela, S Adikari, S Wickramasinghe, L Bandara, S Samaraweera , The first documentation of the cytokine response to cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani in Sri Lanka
 
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