Utility and limitations of direct multi-locus sequence typing on qPCR-positive blood to determine infecting Leptospira strainSuneth B Agampodi
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka
Am J Trop Med Hyg 88:184-5. 2013
..MLST can be used to directly identify infecting Leptospira strains in blood samples obtained during acute illness without the need for culture isolation, but it shows important limitations related to bacterial load...
Anaemia in pregnancy in the district of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka--need for updating prevalence data and screening strategiesU Chathurani
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
Ceylon Med J 57:101-6. 2012
..To determine the prevalence of anaemia during pregnancy in Anuradhapura district and evaluate present screening methods for anaemia...
- Productivity cost due to maternal ill health in Sri Lanka
Suneth Agampodi
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka
PLoS ONE 7:e42333. 2012
..Purpose of our study was to determine the productivity cost due to maternal ill health during pregnancy in Sri Lanka...
- Predictors of the development of myocarditis or acute renal failure in patients with leptospirosis: an observational study
Dinesh L B Dassanayake
Registrar in Medicine, Teaching Hospital Kandy, Kandy, Sri Lanka
BMC Infect Dis 12:4. 2012
..Therefore recognizing the early predictors of the complications of leptospirosis is important in patient management. This study was aimed at determining the clinical and laboratory predictors of myocarditis or acute renal failure...
- Evaluation of surveillance case definition in the diagnosis of leptospirosis, using the Microscopic Agglutination Test: a validation study
Dinesh L B Dassanayake
Teaching Hospital Kandy, Kandy, Sri Lanka
BMC Infect Dis 9:48. 2009
..This study was aimed at validating the leptospirosis surveillance case definition, using the Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT)...
- Duration of exclusive breastfeeding; validity of retrospective assessment at nine months of age
Suneth B Agampodi
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka
BMC Pediatr 11:80. 2011
..The purpose of the present paper is to assess the validity of maternal recall of EBF duration during infancy, after cessation of EBF and to evaluate the two methods to collect retrospective data on EBF...
- Leptospirosis outbreak in Sri Lanka in 2008: lessons for assessing the global burden of disease
Suneth B Agampodi
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka Saliyapura, Sri Lanka
Am J Trop Med Hyg 85:471-8. 2011
..3%. This report strengthens the urgent need for increasing laboratory diagnostic capabilities to determine the causes of epidemic and endemic infectious diseases in Sri Lanka, a finding relevant to other tropical regions...
- Determinants of leptospirosis in Sri Lanka: study protocol
Suneth B Agampodi
Department of Community Medicine, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
BMC Infect Dis 10:332. 2010
..The purpose of this paper is to describe the study protocol in detail prior to the publishing of the study results, so that the readership will be able to understand and interpret the study results effectively...
- Incidence and effects of Varicella Zoster Virus infection on academic activities of medical undergraduates--a five-year follow-up study from Sri Lanka
Suneth B Agampodi
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
BMC Infect Dis 10:117. 2010
..The purpose of the present study was to determine the incidence of VZV infection in medical undergraduates in Sri Lanka, and to describe the effects of VZV infection on their academic activities...
- Exclusive breastfeeding in Sri Lanka: problems of interpretation of reported rates
Suneth B Agampodi
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Science, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka
Int Breastfeed J 4:14. 2009
..We strongly recommend that interpretation of EBF rates should be done only after careful evaluation of the definitions and survey methods used...
- Incidence and predictors of onboard injuries among Sri Lankan flight attendants
Suneth B Agampodi
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka
BMC Public Health 9:227. 2009
..The purpose of this study was to estimate the incidence of onboard injury among Sri Lankan flight attendants and to describe the determinants of onboard injury...
- Effect of low cost public health staff training on exclusive breastfeeding
Suneth Buddhika Agampodi
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Srilanka, Sri Lanka
Indian J Pediatr 75:1115-9. 2008
..To assess the effectiveness and feasibility of on the job staff training and supportive supervision to improve six months Exclusive Breastfeeding (EBF)...
- Adolescents perception of reproductive health care services in Sri Lanka
Suneth B Agampodi
Medical officers of Health, Beruwala, Sri Lanka
BMC Health Serv Res 8:98. 2008
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- Breastfeeding practices in a public health field practice area in Sri Lanka: a survival analysis
Suneth B Agampodi
Additional Medical Officer of Health, MOH office, Beruwala, Sri Lanka
Int Breastfeed J 2:13. 2007
..The objective of the present study was to collect data on exclusive breastfeeding up to six months and to describe the association between exclusive breastfeeding and selected socio-demographic factors...
Private sector contribution to childhood immunization: Sri Lankan experienceS B Agampodi
Medical Officer of Health, Beruwala, Sri Lanka
Indian J Med Sci 61:192-200. 2007
..However, utilization of private sector for childhood immunization is increasing rapidly. Existing national immunization data does not routinely include statistics on private sector immunization delivery adequately...
- Susceptibility of New Entrant University students in Sri Lanka to varicella zoster infection
G M P C P Kurukulasooriya
Departments of Microbiology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Asia Pac J Public Health 22:219-24. 2010
..1% ( 25/247). The present study indicates that nearly half (222/436) of the study population (50.9%, 95% CI 46.2-55.6) was susceptible to VZV infection...
