Asha Nahallage Dona

Journal Articles
1. Wijegunawardana, N. D. A. D., Ramanayaka, S. M. S. D. 2005. Induction of callus and plant regeneration in Momordica dioica. Proceedings the 5thAgriculture research symposium, University of Wayamba, Sri Lanka. 1, pp10-14.
2. Wijegunawardana, N. D. A. D., Gunewardene, Y. I. N. S., Manamperi, A. and Abeyewickreme, W. 2012. GIS mapping of Lymphatic filariasis endemic areas in Gampaha district Sri Lanka; based on the epidemiological and entomological screening. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 43(3) May: pp557-566.
3. Wijegunawardana, N. D. A. D., Gunawardane, Y. I. N. S., Manamperi, A., Hapuarachchi, C. and Abeyewickreme, W, Latif, B.2013. Evaluation of Polymerase Chain Reaction as a tool for monitoring transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti in District of Gampaha, Sri Lanka. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine. 3(5) May: 381-7. doi: 10.1016/S2221-1691(13)60080-5.
4. Ramakrishna U. Rao, Kumara C. Nagodavithana, Sandhya D. Samarasekera, Asha N. Wijegunawardana, Welmillage D. Y. Premakumara, Samudrika N. Perera, Tilaka S. Liyanage, Sunil Settinayake, J. Phillip Miller , Udaya S. B. Ranasinghe, Gary J. Weil. 2014. A Comprehensive Assessment of Persistent Lymphatic Filariasis in Sri Lanka Six Years after Cessation of Mass Drug Administration. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 8(11) November: e3281
5. Wijegunawardana, N. D. A. D., Gunawardane, Y. I. N. S., Hapuarachchi, C., Manamperi, A., Gunawardena, N. K. and Abeyewickreme, W. 2017. Comparison of five DNA extraction methods for the recovery of Wuchereria bancrofti DNA from human blood as assessed by polymerase chain reaction. Bulletin of Trends in Biological Sciences. 1(1): pp12-17.
6. Gunathilaka, N., Ranathunge, T., Udayanga, L., Wijegunawardana, A., Abeyewickreme, W. 2017. Oviposition preferences of dengue vectors; Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Sri Lanka under laboratory settings. Bulletin of Entomological Research. Cambridge University Press. pp 1-9.
7. N. D. A. D. Wijegunawardana, W. Abeyewickreme, Y. I. Nilmini Silva Gunawardene, R. S. Dasannayaka, N. Chandrasena, L. Udayanga (2019) Evaluation of the effects of Aedes vector indices and climatic factors on Dengue incidence in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka. BioMed Research International.
Volume 2019, Article ID 2950216, pp 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/2950216
8. N. D. A. D. Wijegunawardana, Y. I. N. Silva Gunawardene, W. Abeyewickreme, T. G. A. N. Chandrasena, R. S. Dassanayake, A. Manmperi. (2020) Optimization of Aedes albopictus rearing procedures for combined strile insect techniques (SIT) and Wolbachia-based laboratory studies in Sri Lanka. Int J Trop Insect Sci. http://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-020-00134-7.
9. N. Gunathilaka, T. Ranathunge, L. Udayanga, N.D.A.D. Wijegunawardana, J.R.L. Gilles, W. Abeyewickreme. Use of mechanical and behavioral methods to eliminate female Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus for Sterile Insect Technique and Incompatible Insect Technique applications. Parasite & Vectors. 12(1), Article no. 148. doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3398-7.
10. D. O. Carvalho, J. Torres-Monzon, P. Koskinioti, N. D. A. D. Wijegunawardana, A. A. Augustinos, G. Pillwax, Z. Xi, K. Bourtzis. Ae. aegypti lines for combined sterile insect technique and incompatible insect technique applications: the importance of host genomic background. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata.
https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12892
11. 10. Nayana Gunathilaka, Hirunika Perera, Tharaka Wijerathna, Wasana Rodrigo, Asha Wijegunawardana. The diversity of midgut bacteria among wild caught Phlebotomus argentipes (Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), the vector of Leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka. BioMed Research International.
Volume 2020, Article ID 5458063.