Dinuka Guruge

Dados Biográficos

ID7755649
NOMEDinuka Guruge
PRENOMESDinuka
SOBRENOMEGuruge
ASSINATURAGURUGE D
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of Colombo
ORCID0000-0001-8670-6167
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2018
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2022
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…

  • 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…

  • The effect of a community based health promotion intervention to change gender norms among women in a rural community in Sri Lanka

    Open AccessThilini Herath, Dinuka Guruge et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    The acceptance of gender norms among women in rural villages in Sri Lanka can be changed by a community based intervention targeting gender norms