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Infectious reservoir of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum malaria in an endemic region of Sri Lanka by Gamage-Mendis, A C, Rajakaruna, J, Carter, R, Mendis, K N

“…The infectious reservoir of Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum in a malaria endemic region in Sri Lanka was defined in a population of 3,625 by directly…”
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Characteristics of malaria transmission in Kataragama, Sri Lanka: a focus for immuno-epidemiological studies by Mendis, C, Gamage-Mendis, A C, De Zoysa, A P, Abhayawardena, T A, Carter, R, Herath, P R, Mendis, K N

“…Parasitological and entomological parameters of malaria transmission were monitored for 17 months in 3,625 residents in a Plasmodium vivax malaria endemic…”
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Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission-blocking immunity under conditions of low endemicity as in Sri Lanka by Premawansa, S, Gamage-Mendis, A, Perera, L, Begarnie, S, Mendis, K, Carter, R

“…Sera from acute primary Plasmodium falciparum patients in Sri Lanka were tested for the presence of antibodies against gamete antigens and for their functional…”
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Genetic complexity of Plasmodium vivax parasites in individual human infections analyzed with monoclonal antibodies against variant epitopes on a single parasite protein by Udagama, P V, Gamage-Mendis, A C, David, P H, Peiris, J S, Perera, K L, Mendis, K N, Carter, R

“…Monoclonal antibodies against variant epitopes of a highly polymorphic protein (PV200) in schizonts of Plasmodium vivax have been used to analyze the variety…”
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Plasma clouds associated with Comet P/Borrelly dust impacts by Tsurutani, Bruce T., Clay, Douglas R., Zhang, Liwei D., Dasgupta, B., Brinza, David, Henry, Michael, Arballo, John K., Moses, Stewart, Mendis, Asoka

“…The NASA DS1 spacecraft encountered Comet P/Borrelly on September 22, 2001 at a distance of ∼2171 km on the sunward side of the comet. The flyby speed was…”
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Infectivity of Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum to Anopheles tessellatus; relationship between oocyst and sporozoite development by Gamage-Mendis, A C, Rajakaruna, J, Weerasinghe, S, Mendis, C, Carter, R, Mendis, K N

“…The assessment of malarial infectivity, for example in the evaluation of transmission blocking immunity, is generally based on counting oocysts in mosquitoes…”
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Transmission blocking immunity to human Plasmodium vivax malaria in an endemic population in Kataragama, Sri Lanka by Gamage-Mendis, A C, Rajakaruna, J, Carter, R, Mendis, K N

“…Serum effects on gametocyte infectivity, that is, transmission blocking/enhancing immunity, were measured in the sera of 196 acute Plasmodium vivax patients…”
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The differing impact of chloroquine and pyrimethamine/sulfadoxine upon the infectivity of malaria species to the mosquito vector by Hogh, B, Gamage-Mendis, A, Butcher, G A, Thompson, R, Begtrup, K, Mendis, C, Enosse, S M, Dgedge, M, Barreto, J, Eling, W, Sinden, R E

“…Using serum or infected blood from Danish volunteers and Plasmodium falciparum-infected Mozambican patients, respectively, the impact of curative doses of…”
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The Matola malaria project: a temporal and spatial study of malaria transmission and disease in a suburban area of Maputo, Mozambique by Thompson, R, Begtrup, K, Cuamba, N, Dgedge, M, Mendis, C, Gamage-Mendis, A, Enosse, S M, Barreto, J, Sinden, R E, Hogh, B

“…A temporal and spatial study of malaria transmission in a suburban area of Maputo, Mozambique with a mean population density of 2,737/km2 was made from…”
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International Cometary Explorer Encounter with Giacobini-Zinner: Magnetic Field Observations by Smith, Edward J., Tsurutani, Bruce T., Slavin, James A., Jones, Douglas E., Siscoe, George L., Mendis, D. Asoka

“…The vector helium magnetometer on the International Cometary Explorer observed the magnetic fields induced by the interaction of comet Giacobini-Zinner with…”
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Plasma clouds associated with Comet P/Borrelly dust impacts : DS1/Comet Borrelly by TSURUTANI, Bruce T, CLAY, Douglas R, ZHANG, Liwei D, DASGUPTA, B, BRINZA, David, HENRY, Michael, ARBALLO, John K, MOSES, Stewart, MENDIS, Asoka

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Transport of Carbon Dust Particles in Tokamaks by Smirnov, Roman D., Pigarov, Alexander Yu, Rosenberg, Marlene, Krasheninnikov, Sergei I., Mendis, Asoka

“…Summary form only given. Dust in fusion devices has been identified as having a potentially large impact on tokamak performance and operation safety. In this…”
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Bitter Fruit: Attractive supermarket displays of tropical fruit conceal ugly environmental and social costs by Mendis, Asoka, Bers, Van

“…In 1996 almost a billion dollars worth of fruit and fruit products was imported into Canada from the South. This represented 41 percent of fruit imports from…”
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Bitter Fruit: Attractive supermarket displays of tropical fruit conceal ugly environmental and social costs by Mendis, Asoka, Van Bers, Caroline

“…In 1996 almost a billion dollars worth of fruit and fruit products was imported into Canada from the South. This represented 41 percent of fruit imports from…”
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Clustering of malaria infections within an endemic population: risk of malaria associated with the type of housing construction by Gamage-Mendis, A C, Carter, R, Mendis, C, De Zoysa, A P, Herath, P R, Mendis, K N

“…The occurrence of malaria infections due to Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum was monitored in a population of 3,023 people living in six contiguous villages…”
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Bitter Fruit by Mendis, Asoka, Van Bers, Caroline

“…TOUT AU LONG de l'année, les consommateurs canadiens qui désirent des produits frais ont accès dans les supermarchés et épiceries à une abondance de fruits…”
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Anti-circumsporozoite protein antibodies measure age related exposure to malaria in Kataragama, Sri Lanka by Mendis, C, Del Giudice, G, Gamage-Mendis, A C, Tougne, C, Pessi, A, Weerasinghe, S, Carter, R, Mendis, K N

“…Antibodies to two peptides DDAAD and (NANP)40 representing the repetitive sequence of circumsporozoite antigens (CS protein) of P. vivax and P. falciparum…”
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Use of synthetic peptides in the study of the antibody response to Plasmodium vivax sporozoites by Pessi, A, Michel, M, Bianchi, E, Mendis, A, Tougne, C, Verdini, A S, Lambert, P H, Carter, R, Mendis, K, Del Giudice, G

“…Synthetic peptides reproducing 4 DRADGQPAG (D4) and a sequential array of DRADGQPAG and DRAAGQPAG repeats (DDAAD) of the Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite (CS)…”
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Interpretation of observed cosmic microwave background radiation by ALFVEN, HANNES, MENDIS, ASOKA

“…It is argued that the 'surface of last scattering' of the observed microwave background radiation corresponds to the distribution of dust in galaxies or…”
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Method to estimate relative transmission efficiencies of Anopheles species (Diptera: Culicidae) in human malaria transmission by Mendis, C, Herath, P R, Rajakaruna, J, Weerasinghe, S, Gamage-Mendis, A C, Mendis, K N, De Zoysa, A P

“…A mathematical expression was derived to estimate the relative malaria transmission efficiency of an anopheline species with respect to a standard…”
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