Upeksha Gallallalage

Validation of an In-House ELISA Method in the Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania donovani in Hambantota District, Sri Lanka

Nirmitha Lalindi De Silva, Viraji Nefertiti Hiromel De Silva, Arachchige Theja Hemapala Deerasinghe, Upeksha Lakmini Rathnapala, Hirotomo Kato, Makoto Itoh, Hidekazu Takagi, Mirani Vasanthamala Weerasooriya, Thishan Channa Yahathugoda

Journal article  |  2022  |  MICROORGANISMS

Clinical diagnosis has become a challenge amidst a surge of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Southern Sri Lanka. The routine diagnostic ..

Development of a Highly Sensitive Nested PCR and Its Application for the Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka

Nirmitha Lalindi De Silva, Viraji Nefertiti Hiromel De Silva, Arachchige Theja Hemapala Deerasinghe, Upeksha Lakmini Rathnapala, Makoto Itoh, Hidekazu Takagi, Mirani Vasanthamala Weerasooriya, Hirotomo Kato, Thishan Channa Yahathugoda

Journal article  |  2022  |  MICROORGANISMS

The recent surge in cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Sri Lanka has rendered clinical diagnosis difficult; thus, laboratory confirma..

Portable infrared imaging for longitudinal limb volume monitoring in patients with lymphatic filariasis

Celia Zhou, Channa Yahathugoda, Lalindi De Silva, Upeksha Rathnapala, Grant Owen, Mirani Weerasooriya, Ramakrishna U Rao, Gary J Weil, Philip J Budge

Journal article  |  2019  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

BACKGROUND: The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) emphasizes hygiene, exercise, and other measures to reduce..

A novel genetic technique in Plasmodium berghei allows liver stage analysis of genes required for mosquito stage development and demonstrates that de novo heme synthesis is essential for liver stage development in the malaria parasite

Upeksha L Rathnapala, Christopher D Goodman, Geoffrey I McFadden

Journal article  |  2017  |  PLOS PATHOGENS

The combination of drug resistance, lack of an effective vaccine, and ongoing conflict and poverty means that malaria remains a ma..

Defining the roles of essential genes in the malaria parasite life cycle

Gallallalage Upeksha Lakmini Rathnapala

Thesis / Dissertation  |  2017

The combination of drug resistance, lack of an effective vaccine and ongoing conflict and poverty mean that malaria remains a majo..