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Current Issue

Volume 9 - Issue 1 - 2019

Review Articles

Rickettsioses in Sri Lanka – A mini review

Veranja Liyanapathirana
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26 Apr 2019

9 (1):1-12

Research Articles

Bacteria mediated silver nanoparticles: comparison as potent antibiofilm agents

M Peiris, N Fernando, P Jayaweera, M Weerasekera, C Gunasekara
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26 Apr 2019

9 (1):13-23
Characteristics of community acquired and hospital acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in the National Hospital of Sri Lanka

WAMP Samaranayake, L Karunanayake, CGUA Patabendige
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26 Apr 2019

9 (1):24-31
Baseline titres of O, H and AH agglutinins to Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi A in blood donors in Sri Lanka.

SC Illapperuma, EM Corea, SB Agampodi
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26 Apr 2019

9 (1):32-41
A preliminary study of mecA gene expression and methicillin resistance in staphylococci isolated from the human oral cavity

WMDA Wijesundara, RGSC Rajapakse, JAMA Jayatilake, JAMS Jayatilake
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26 Apr 2019

9 (1):42-48
Establishing Campylobacter culture methods in a clinical diagnostic laboratory and the first report of Campylobacter species isolation in northern Sri Lanka

FN Mubarak, MVSC Pathirage, N Kandasamy, A Keerthika, S Mahalingam, FJM Mithulan, K Selvi, S Umakanthan, KCR Perera, KDK Waidyarathne, SAN Sandeepani, G Sathiadas, SK Arulmoli, N Srisaravanapavananthan
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26 Apr 2019

9 (1):49-58
A comparative morphometrics of amastigote forms of Leishmania donovani found in cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Sri Lanka: evidence for the presence of promastigote-like structures

A Gunasekara, D Iddawela, S Wickramasinghe
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26 Apr 2019

9 (1):59-67
Molecular characterization and antibiotic sensitivity testing of bacteria in blood cultures of Hepatitis B virus infected subjects

II Anibijuwon, OC Ayanwale, OO Ayanda
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26 Apr 2019

9 (1):68-78
A preliminary survey of knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding rabies in West Bengal, India

Subhabrata Kumar
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26 Apr 2019

9 (1):79-83

Case Reports

Intra-familial transmission of hepatitis B affecting all household members - A case report

MIP Premathilake, RGLS Rajamanthree, YLB Karunarathne, MARV Muthugala
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26 Apr 2019

9 (1):84-87
Dengue haemorrhagic fever in late pregnancy causing maternal and intrauterine foetal death – A case report

SA Gunawardena, V Dias, O Amarajeewa, P Ellangage, S Gunarathna, P Gunaratne, H Gunawardhana, S Jayasuriya
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26 Apr 2019

9 (1):88-94
Isolated facial nerve palsy: Rare manifestation of dengue haemorrhagic fever - A case report

M Misthaq, P Selladurai, AGH Sugathapala
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26 Apr 2019

9 (1):95-97

Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases

Current Issue

Volume 9 - Issue 1 - 2019

Review Articles

Rickettsioses in Sri Lanka – A mini review

Research Articles

Bacteria mediated silver nanoparticles: comparison as potent antibiofilm agents

Characteristics of community acquired and hospital acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in the National Hospital of Sri Lanka

Baseline titres of O, H and AH agglutinins to Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi A in blood donors in Sri Lanka.

A preliminary study of mecA gene expression and methicillin resistance in staphylococci isolated from the human oral cavity

Establishing Campylobacter culture methods in a clinical diagnostic laboratory and the first report of Campylobacter species isolation in northern Sri Lanka

A comparative morphometrics of amastigote forms of Leishmania donovani found in cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Sri Lanka: evidence for the presence of promastigote-like structures

Molecular characterization and antibiotic sensitivity testing of bacteria in blood cultures of Hepatitis B virus infected subjects

A preliminary survey of knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding rabies in West Bengal, India

Case Reports

Intra-familial transmission of hepatitis B affecting all household members - A case report

Dengue haemorrhagic fever in late pregnancy causing maternal and intrauterine foetal death – A case report

Isolated facial nerve palsy: Rare manifestation of dengue haemorrhagic fever - A case report

Conversations

Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases

Current Issue

Volume 9 - Issue 1 - 2019

Review Articles

Rickettsioses in Sri Lanka – A mini review

Research Articles

Bacteria mediated silver nanoparticles: comparison as potent antibiofilm agents

Characteristics of community acquired and hospital acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in the National Hospital of Sri Lanka

Baseline titres of O, H and AH agglutinins to Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi A in blood donors in Sri Lanka.

A preliminary study of mecA gene expression and methicillin resistance in staphylococci isolated from the human oral cavity

Establishing Campylobacter culture methods in a clinical diagnostic laboratory and the first report of Campylobacter species isolation in northern Sri Lanka

A comparative morphometrics of amastigote forms of Leishmania donovani found in cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Sri Lanka: evidence for the presence of promastigote-like structures

Molecular characterization and antibiotic sensitivity testing of bacteria in blood cultures of Hepatitis B virus infected subjects

A preliminary survey of knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding rabies in West Bengal, India

Case Reports

Intra-familial transmission of hepatitis B affecting all household members - A case report

Dengue haemorrhagic fever in late pregnancy causing maternal and intrauterine foetal death – A case report

Isolated facial nerve palsy: Rare manifestation of dengue haemorrhagic fever - A case report

A preliminary survey of knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding rabies in West Bengal, India

Molecular characterization and antibiotic sensitivity testing of bacteria in blood cultures of Hepatitis B virus infected subjects

A comparative morphometrics of amastigote forms of Leishmania donovani found in cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Sri Lanka: evidence for the presence of promastigote-like structures

Establishing Campylobacter culture methods in a clinical diagnostic laboratory and the first report of Campylobacter species isolation in northern Sri Lanka

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of hand hygiene among final year medical and nursing students at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Leptospirosis in Sri Lanka

Dengue control in Sri Lanka - improvements to the existing state of the art in the island

Analysis of urine culture isolates from seven laboratories of Sri Lanka: National Laboratory Based Surveillance of Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists in 2014

Conversations