Heshan Kuruppu

Datos Biográficos

ID9070588
NOMBREHeshan Kuruppu
NOMBRESHeshan
APELLIDOKuruppu
FIRMAKURUPPU H
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura
ORCID0009-0005-8745-8202
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2022
ÍNDICE H0

  • Molecular Epidemiology of AY.28 and AY.104 Delta Sub-lineages in Sri Lanka

    Open AccessDiyanath Ranasinghe, D M S H K Ranasinghe et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Background The worst SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Sri Lanka was due to the two Sri Lankan delta sub-lineages AY.28 and AY.104. We proceeded to further characterize the mutations and clinical disease severity of these two sub-lineages. Methods 705 delta SARS-CoV-2 genomes sequenced by our laboratory from mid-May to November 2021 using Illumina and Oxford Nanopore were included in the analysis. The clinical disease severity of 440/705 individuals were fu…

  • Epidemiological and virological factors determining dengue transmission in Sri Lanka during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessDinuka Ariyaratne, Laksiri Gomes et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 there was a drastic reduction in the number of dengue cases in Sri Lanka, with an increase towards the end of 2021. We sought to study the contribution of virological factors, human mobility, school closure and mosquito factors in affecting these changes in dengue transmission in Sri Lanka during this time. To understand the reasons for the differences in the dengue case numbers in 2020 to 202…

  • Antibody responses to Sinopharm/BBIBP-CorV in pregnant mothers in Sri Lanka

    Open AccessChandima Jeewandara, K A Chintha S Jayampathi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Background There are limited data regarding the safety and immunogenicity of the Sinopharm/BBIBP-CorV vaccine in pregnancy. Therefore, we sought to investigate the antibody responses and maternal and fetal adverse events following this vaccine in pregnant mothers in Sri Lanka. Methods and findings SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain (RBD) specific total antibodies and ACE2 blocking antibodies were measured by ELISA in pregnant mothers (n = 94) who…

  • Seroprevalence of Sars-CoV-2 Infection in the Colombo Municipality Region, Sri Lanka

    Open AccessChandima Jeewandara, Dinuka Guruge et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Background: As the Municipality Council area in Colombo (CMC) experienced the highest number of cases until the end of January 2021, in Sri Lanka, we carried out a serosurvey prior to initiation of the vaccination program to understand the extent of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. Methods: SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity was determined in 2,547 individuals between the ages of 10–86 years, by the Wantai total antibody ELISA. We also compared seroprevalence usi…