Circulating dengue virus serotypes and vertical transmission in Aedes larvae during outbreak and inter-outbreak seasons in a high dengue risk area of Sri Lanka

C Wijesinghe, J Gunatilake, PHD Kusumawathie… - Parasites & vectors, 2021 - Springer
Background Spatial and temporal changes in the dengue incidence are associated with
multiple factors, such as climate, immunity among a population against dengue viruses …

Dengue NS1 induces phospholipase A2 enzyme activity, prostaglandins, and inflammatory cytokines in monocytes

T Silva, L Gomes, C Jeewandara, GS Ogg… - Antiviral research, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction Dengue virus (DENV) NS1 is a non-structural secretory protein
associated with severe disease and known to cause vascular leak leading to dengue …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiological burden of dengue in Sri Lanka: A systematic review of literature from 2000-2020

LK Fernando, VP Wickramasinghe, P Kalra, R Kastner… - IJID regions, 2024 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT Objective Systematic Literature review conducted to observe changes in the
epidemiological pattern of dengue disease in Sri Lanka during the period of 2000-2020 …

Climatological, virological and sociological drivers of current and projected dengue fever outbreak dynamics in Sri Lanka

CE Wagner, M Hooshyar, RE Baker… - Journal of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The largest ever Sri Lankan dengue outbreak of 2017 provides an opportunity for
investigating the relative contributions of climatological, epidemiological and sociological …

Association of dengue virus‐specific polyfunctional T‐cell responses with clinical disease severity in acute dengue infection

DT Wijeratne, S Fernando, L Gomes… - Immunity …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Although the role of dengue virus (DENV)‐specific T cells in the pathogenesis of
acute dengue infection is emerging, the functionality of virus‐specific T cells associated with …

Antibody and memory B cell responses to the dengue virus NS1 antigen in individuals with varying severity of past infection

ST Ramu, M Dissanayake, C Jeewandara, F Bary… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To further understand the role of NS1‐specific antibodies (Abs) in disease pathogenesis, we
compared neutralizing antibody levels (Nabs), NS1‐Ab levels, IgG antibody subclass …

Climate, demography, immunology, and virology combine to drive two decades of dengue virus dynamics in Cambodia

CE Brook, C Rozins, JA Bohl, V Ahyong… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The incidence of dengue virus disease has increased globally across the past half-century,
with highest number of cases ever reported in 2019 and again in 2023. We analyzed …

Immuno-dominant dengue NS1 peptides as antigens for production of monoclonal antibodies

E Munasinghe, M Athapaththu… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Synthetic peptides have recently become common as antigens for antibody production.
Peptides are short chains of amino acids that can be used to elicit an immune response. The …

Comparison of two rapid test kits with real time polymerase chain reaction for early diagnosis of dengue in Sri Lanka

M Ariyaratne, P Gunasekara… - … of Immunoassay and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Dengue is among the deadliest insect-borne diseases circulating in Sri Lanka. Most of the
infections that are diagnosed early are manageable. However, delays in diagnosis may …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship between clinical and laboratory features with infecting dengue virus serotypes in a sample of dengue suspected adult patients from 2015-2017 in …

C Wijesinghe, AA Jabeer, BN Iqbal… - Journal of Clinical Virology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dengue is a major viral disease affecting the tropics. Although previous research has
focused on the relationship between the infecting dengue virus (DENV) serotypes and …