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Manuscripts
Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes Regarding Antibiotic Use for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: Insights from Patients in Sri Lanka. Van Melle DT, Ten Asbroek G, Rolfe RJ, Vanderburg S, Abeysinghe YW, Halloluwa C, Zhang HL, Ostbye T, Kurukulasooriya R, Sheng T, Kanchana S. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 2021 Sep 27.
Outbreak of severe acute respiratory infection in Southern Province, Sri Lanka; Vanderburg S, Wijayaratne G, Danthanarayana N, Jayamaha J, Piyasiri B, Halloluwa C, Sheng T, Amarasena S, Kurukulasooriya R, Nicholson BP, Peiris JSM, Gray GC, Gunasena S, Nagahawatte A, Bodinayake CK, Woods CW, Devasiri V, Tillekeratne LG. in 2018: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2020 Nov 6;10(11):e040612. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040612. PMID: 33158834; PMCID: PMC7651749
Previously Derived Host Gene Expression Classifiers Identify Bacterial and Viral Etiologies of Acute Febrile Respiratory Illness in a South Asian Population. Tillekeratne LG, Suchindran S, Ko ER, Petzold EA, Bodinayake CK, Nagahawatte A, Devasiri V, Kurukulasooriya R, Nicholson BP, McClain MT, Burke TW, Tsalik EL, Henao R, Ginsburg GS, Reller ME, Woods CW. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 May 26;7(6):ofaa194. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa194. PMID: 32617371; PMCID: PMC7314590.
Respiratory Viral Infection: An Underappreciated Cause of Acute Febrile Illness Admissions in Southern Sri Lanka. Tillekeratne LG, Bodinayake CK, Simmons R, Nagahawatte A, Devasiri V, Kodikara Arachchi W, Nicholson BP, Park LP, Vanderburg S, Kurukulasooriya R, De Silva AD, Østybe T, Reller ME, Woods CW. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2019 Mar;100(3):672-680. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0699. PMID: 30594268; PMCID: PMC6402941.
Use of clinical algorithms and rapid influenza testing to manage influenza-like illness: a cost-effectiveness analysis in Sri Lanka. Tillekeratne, L.G., Bodinayake, C., Nagahawatte, A., Kurukulasooriya, R., Orlando, L.A., Simmons, R.A., Park, L.P., Woods, C.W. and Reed, S.D., 2019. BMJ global health, 4(2), p.e001291
Antibiotic overuse for acute respiratory tract infections in Sri Lanka: a qualitative study of outpatients and their physicians.BMC Fam Pract. 2017 Mar 16;18(1):37.
Burden and Seasonality of Viral Acute Respiratory Tract Infections Among Outpatients in Southern Sri Lanka. Shapiro D, Bodinayake CK, Nagahawatte A, Devasiri V, Kurukulasooriya R, Hsiang J, Nicholson B, De Silva AD, Ostbye T, Reller ME, Woods CW, Tillekeratne LG. Am J Trop Med. 2017 Jul; 97(1): 88-96.
Use of Rapid Influenza Testing to Reduce Antibiotic Prescriptions Among Outpatients with Influenza-Like Illness in Southern Sri Lanka Gayani Tillekeratne, Champica K. Bodinayake, Ajith Nagahawatte, Dhammika Vidanagama, Vasantha Devasiri, Wasantha Kodikara Arachchi, Ruvini Kurukulasooriya, Aruna Dharshan De Silva, Truls Østybe, Megan E. Reller, Christopher W. Woods.– Full paper-The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. (AJTMH –2015).
An Under-Recognized Influenza Epidemic Identified by Rapid Influenza Testing, Southern Sri Lanka, Tillekeratne LG, Bodinayake CK, Nagahawatte, A, Vidanagama, D, Devasiri, V, Kodikara Arachchi, W, Kurukulasooriya, R, De Silva, D, Ostbye, T, Reller ME, Woods, CW. 2013- Full paper-The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. (AJTMH-14-0708 –2015).
The host response to viral infections reveals common and virus-specific signatures in the peripheral blood. Tsalik, E.L., Fiorino, C., Aqeel, A., Liu, Y., Henao, R., Ko, E.R., Burke, T.W., Reller, M.E., Bodinayake, C.K., Nagahawatte, A. and Arachchi, W.K., 2021. Frontiers in immunology, 12
Abstracts, Posters and Oral Presentations
Influenza Vaccination Implementation in Sri Lanka: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Coralei E. Neighbors, Evan R. Myers, Nayani P. Weerasinghe, Gaya B. Wijayaratne, Champika K. Bodinayake, Ajith Nagahawatte, L. Gayani Tillekeratne, and Christopher W. Woods., Vaccines, May 2023
A Practical Approach to Lung Ultrasound Training in Sri Lanka Sky Vanderburg, Iroshani Kodikara, Anna Tharakan, Tianchen Sheng, John A. Gallis, Muhunthan Sellathurai, Champika Bodinayake, Ajith Nagahawatte, Gaya B. Wijayaratne, Chris W. Woods, L. Gayani Tillekeratne, and Elisabeth D. Riviello., The American Thoracic Society, February 2023
Host-response Transcriptional Biomarkers Accurately Discriminate Bacterial and Viral Infections of Global Relevance. Ko ER, Reller ME, Tillekeratna LG, Bodinayake CK, Miller C, Burke TW, Henao R, McClain MT, Suchindran S, Nicholson B, Blatt A, Petzold E, Tsalik EL, Nagahawatte A, Devasiri V, Rubach MP, Maro VP, Lwezuala BF, KodikaraArachchi W, Kurukulasooriya R, Silva AD, Clark DV, Schully KL, Madut D, Dumler JS, Kato C, Galloway R, Crump JA, Ginsburg GS, Minogue TD, Woods CW. Research Square, 04 Jan 2023
Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes Regarding Antibiotic Use for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: Insights from Patients in Sri Lanka. David T. van Melle, Guus ten Asbroek, Robert Rolfe, Sky Vanderburg, Yohanna W. Abeysinghe, Chathuh Halloluwa, Helen L. Zhang, Truls Ostbye, Ruvini Kurukulasooriya, Tianchen Sheng, Sewwandi Kanchana, Gaya Wijayaratne, Champica Bodinayake, Ajith Nagahawatte, Melissa H. Watt, Christopher W. Woods, Vijitha de Silva, and Gayani Tillekeratne. 2021 by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene(Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 105(6), 2021, pp. 1690–1695)
A Novel Lung Ultrasound Training Program to Predict Severity of Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Sri Lanka. Vanderburg S, Kodikara I, Sellathurai M, Bodinayake CK, Nagahawatte A, Riviello E, Woods CW, Tillekeratne LG. American Thoracic Society, May 2019 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.20499.02082
Antibiotic Use in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: Insights From Patient Interviews in Sri Lanka. Van Melle, D.T., ten Asbroek, G.H., Vanderburg, S., Abeysinghe, Y.W., Halloluwa, C., Zhang, H.L., Sheng, T., Sewwandi, K., Bodinayake, C.K., Nagahawatte, A. and Woods, C.W., 2019, October. 1637. In Open Forum Infectious Diseases (Vol. 6, No. Supplement_2, pp. S597-S597). US: Oxford University Press.
The Respiratory virus outbreak in Southern Sri Lanka in 2018: Wijayaratne W.M.D.G.B., Vanderburg, S, Tillekeratne G. Woods C, Nagahawatte A, Bodinayake, C. K, Devasiri V, Nicholson, B.P, Petzold E, Gunasena S, Danthanarayana N, Piyasiri B, Sellaturai M, Weerasinghe NP, Fonseka CL, Kurukulasooriya R, Gunasekara NC, Results of active surveillance Annual Scientific Session of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists 2019
Frequent Inappropriate Antimicrobial Use for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Sri Lanka. Vanderburg S, Sheng T, Wijayaratne G, Dabrera T, Bodinayake CK, Nagahawatte A, Kurukulasooriya R, Drew R, Woods CW, Tillekeratne LG. Vanderburg S, Sheng T, Wijayaratne G, Dabrera T, Bodinayake CK, Nagahawatte A, Kurukulasooriya R, Drew R, Woods CW, Tillekeratne LG. US-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program 21st International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim, February 2019
An outbreak of adenovirus causing severe respiratory illness in Southern Sri Lanka, 2018. Weerasinghe M. Wijayaratne, Sky Vanderburg, Vasantha Devasiri, Ajith Nagahawatte, Champika K. Bodinayake, Elizabeth Petzold, Sunethra Gunasena, Nayomi Danthanarayana, Bhagya Piyasiri Muhunthan Sellathurai, Nayani P. Weerasinghe1, Chathuranga L. Fonseka, Ruvini P. Kurukulasooriya, Nishantha C. Gunasekara, Brad P. Nicholson, Chris W. Woods, L. Gayani Tillekeratne. ASTMH 6th annual meeting Nov 2019
Frequent Empiric Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Use Among Hospitalized Patients with Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Southern Sri Lanka. Vanderburg S, Sheng T, Wijayaratne G, Dabrera T, Bodinayake CK, Nagahawatte A, Kurukulasooriya R, Drew R, Woods CW, Tillekeratne LG. Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, November 2018.
A gene expression signature accurately identifies viral acute respiratory infections in a Sri Lankan population., Tillekeratne LG, Suchindran S, Ko ER, Petzold EA, Bodinayake CK, Nagahawatte A, Devasiri V, Kurukulasooriya R, Reller ME, Nicholson BP, McClain MT, Burke T, Tsalik EL, Henao R, Ginsburg GS, Woods CW. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, October 2018.
Acute respiratory viral infections: an important cause of admissions for acute febrile illness in the Southern Province, Sri Lanka. Tillekeratne LG, Bodinayake CK, Simmons R, Nagahawatte A, Devasiri V, Vanderburg S, Kurukulasooriya R, Nicholson BP, Park LP, Ostbye T, Reller ME, Woods CW. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, October 2018.
Acute Respiratory Viral Infections: an important cause of admissions for Febrile Illnesses in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. Tillekeratne LG, Bodinayake CK, Nagahawatte A, Devasiri V, Nicholson BP, Vanderburg S, Kurukulasooriya R, Østybe T, Reller ME, Woods CW. “International Conference on Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance” organized by Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists Annual Sessions, August 2018.
Use of Rapid Influenza Testing to Reduce Antibiotic Use Among Outpatients with Influenza-Like Illness, Southern Sri Lanka, Tillekeratne LG, Bodinayake CK, Nagahawatte A, Vidanagama D, Devasiri V, Kodikara Arachchi W, Kurukulasooriya R, De Silva D, Ostbye T, Reller ME, Woods CW. 2013- 2014. 25thEuropean Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, April 2015.
High Rate of Antibiotic Prescriptions for Outpatients with Influenza-Like Illness in Southern Sri Lanka. Tillekeratne, LG, Bodinayake, CK, Nagahawatte, A, Vidanagama, D, Devasiri, V, Kodikara Arachchi, W, Kurukulasooriya, R, De Silva, D, Ostbye, T, Reller, ME, Woods, CW. ID Week, October 8-12 2014.
Antibiotic Use in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: Insights From Patient Interviews in Sri Lanka. Van Melle D.T., ten Asbroek, G.H., Vanderburg, S., Abeysinghe, Y.W., Halloluwa, C., Zhang, H.L., Sheng, T., Sewwandi, K., Bodinayake, C.K., Nagahawatte, A. and Woods, C.W., 2019, October. 1637. In Open Forum Infectious Diseases (Vol. 6, No. Supplement_2, pp. S597-S597). US: Oxford University Press
