Full Member
Nadira D. Karunaweera
Membership since:
2025
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Awards
Other Memberships/Affiliations
Harvard University, USA
Degrees:
1993
Doctorate Biological Systems and Organisms
Medical Parasitology
Publications resulting from Research
1. Carter R, Karunaweera ND. The Role of Improved Housing and Living Environments in Malaria Control and Elimination. Malaria Journal. (2020) 19:385. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03450-y
2. Karunaweera ND, Ferreira MU. (2018). Leishmaniasis: current challenges and prospects for elimination with special focus on the South Asian region. Parasitology. 12:1-5. doi: 10.1017/S0031182018000471.
3. Silva H, Liyanage A, Deerasinghe T, Sumanasena B, Munidasa D, de Silva H, Weerasingha S, Fernandopulle R, Karunaweera ND. (2021).Therapeutic response to thermotherapy in cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment failures for sodium stibogluconate: A randomized controlled proof of principle clinical trial. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 104(3): 945-950. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0855
4. Karunaweera ND, Ginige S, Senanayake S, Silva H, Manamperi N, Samaranayake N, Siriwardana Y, Gamage D, Senerath U, Zhou G. (2020). Spatial Epidemiologic Trends and Hotspots of Leishmaniasis, Sri Lanka, 2001–2018. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 26(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2601.190971
5. Dewasurendra RL, Dewasurendra RL, Baniecki ML, Schaffner S, Siriwardena HVYD, Moon J, Doshi R, Gunawardena GSA, Daniels RF, Neafsey D, Volkman S, Chandrasekharan NV, Wirth DF, Karunaweera ND. 2020. Use of a Plasmodium vivax genetic barcode for genomic surveillance and parasite tracking in Sri Lanka. Malaria Journal.19:342. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03386-3
6. Pathirage DRK, Karunaratne SHPP, Senanayake SC, Karunaweera ND. (2020). Insecticide susceptibility of the sand fly leishmaniasis vector Phlebotomus argentipes in Sri Lanka. Parasit Vectors 13(1): 246. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04117-y
7. Samarasinghe SR, Samaranayake N, Kariyawasam U, Siriwardana Y, Imamura H, Karunaweera ND. (2018). Genomic insights into virulence mechanisms of Leishmania donovani: evidence from an atypical strain. BMC Genomics. 28;19(1):843. doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-5271-z.
8. Kariyawasam KKGDUL, Siriwardana HVYD, Senerath U, Karunaweera ND. (2018). Dermotropic Leishmania donovani in Sri Lanka: Visceralizing potential in clinical and preclinical studies. Parasitology. 145(4):443-452. https://doi.org/10.1017/S003118201700169X
9. Refai W, Madarasingha N, Sumanasena B, Weerasingha S, De Silva A, Fernandopulle R, Satoskar A, Karunaweera ND. (2017). Efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness of thermotherapy in the treatment of Leishmania donovani-induced cutaneous leishmaniasis: A randomized controlled clinical trial. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 97(4):1120-1126. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0879.
10. Karunaweera ND, Ferreira MU, Munasinghe A, Barnwell JW, Collins WE, King CL, Kawamoto F, Hartl DL, Wirth DF. (2008). Extensive Microsatellite Diversity in the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium vivax. Gene, 410(1):105-112
2. Karunaweera ND, Ferreira MU. (2018). Leishmaniasis: current challenges and prospects for elimination with special focus on the South Asian region. Parasitology. 12:1-5. doi: 10.1017/S0031182018000471.
3. Silva H, Liyanage A, Deerasinghe T, Sumanasena B, Munidasa D, de Silva H, Weerasingha S, Fernandopulle R, Karunaweera ND. (2021).Therapeutic response to thermotherapy in cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment failures for sodium stibogluconate: A randomized controlled proof of principle clinical trial. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 104(3): 945-950. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0855
4. Karunaweera ND, Ginige S, Senanayake S, Silva H, Manamperi N, Samaranayake N, Siriwardana Y, Gamage D, Senerath U, Zhou G. (2020). Spatial Epidemiologic Trends and Hotspots of Leishmaniasis, Sri Lanka, 2001–2018. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 26(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2601.190971
5. Dewasurendra RL, Dewasurendra RL, Baniecki ML, Schaffner S, Siriwardena HVYD, Moon J, Doshi R, Gunawardena GSA, Daniels RF, Neafsey D, Volkman S, Chandrasekharan NV, Wirth DF, Karunaweera ND. 2020. Use of a Plasmodium vivax genetic barcode for genomic surveillance and parasite tracking in Sri Lanka. Malaria Journal.19:342. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03386-3
6. Pathirage DRK, Karunaratne SHPP, Senanayake SC, Karunaweera ND. (2020). Insecticide susceptibility of the sand fly leishmaniasis vector Phlebotomus argentipes in Sri Lanka. Parasit Vectors 13(1): 246. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04117-y
7. Samarasinghe SR, Samaranayake N, Kariyawasam U, Siriwardana Y, Imamura H, Karunaweera ND. (2018). Genomic insights into virulence mechanisms of Leishmania donovani: evidence from an atypical strain. BMC Genomics. 28;19(1):843. doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-5271-z.
8. Kariyawasam KKGDUL, Siriwardana HVYD, Senerath U, Karunaweera ND. (2018). Dermotropic Leishmania donovani in Sri Lanka: Visceralizing potential in clinical and preclinical studies. Parasitology. 145(4):443-452. https://doi.org/10.1017/S003118201700169X
9. Refai W, Madarasingha N, Sumanasena B, Weerasingha S, De Silva A, Fernandopulle R, Satoskar A, Karunaweera ND. (2017). Efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness of thermotherapy in the treatment of Leishmania donovani-induced cutaneous leishmaniasis: A randomized controlled clinical trial. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 97(4):1120-1126. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0879.
10. Karunaweera ND, Ferreira MU, Munasinghe A, Barnwell JW, Collins WE, King CL, Kawamoto F, Hartl DL, Wirth DF. (2008). Extensive Microsatellite Diversity in the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium vivax. Gene, 410(1):105-112