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A technique to aid minimal access harvesting in the second stage of autologous ear reconstruction by Mendis, K C, Pafitanis, G, Bulstrode, N

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The neglected burden of Plasmodium vivax malaria by Mendis, K, Sina, B J, Marchesini, P, Carter, R

“…We estimate that the global burden of malaria due to Plasmodium vivax is approximately 70-80 million cases annually. Probably approximately 10-20% of the…”
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Evaluation of the undergraduate family medicine programme of Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya: quantitative and qualitative student feedback by Perera, D P, Withana, S S, Mendis, K, Kasunjith, D V T, Jayathilaka, W T S, Wickramasuriya, S

“…Worldwide there is an increasing emphasis on the importance of primary care. The ministry of health Sri Lanka issued a directive in 2016 that training of…”
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Spatial targeting of interventions against malaria by Carter, R, Mendis, K N, Roberts, D

“…Malaria transmission is strongly associated with location. This association has two main features. First, the disease is focused around specific mosquito…”
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Association of high plasma TNF-alpha levels and TNF-alpha/IL-10 ratios with TNF2 allele in severe P. falciparum malaria patients in Sri Lanka by Perera, M. K., Herath, N. P., Pathirana, S. L., Phone-Kyaw, M., Alles, H. K., Mendis, K. N., Premawansa, S., Handunnetti, S. M.

“…Plasma levels of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines of Plasmodium falciparum-infected patients with severe malaria (SM; n = 62) and uncomplicated malaria…”
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Comprehensive case management of malaria: Operational research informing policy by Pradhan, M, Anvikar, Anupkuamar, Daumerie, P, Pradhan, S, Dutta, A, Shah, N, Joshi, P, Banerji, J, Duparc, S, Mendis, K, Murugasampillay, S, Valecha, N

“…In 2013, the Odisha state Vector Borne Disease Control Programme led a five year operational research project, under programmatic conditions, in close…”
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A constitutive relationship for large deformation finite element modeling of brain tissue by Mendis, K K, Stalnaker, R L, Advani, S H

“…Finite element modeling of the finite deformation response of soft tissues presents a formidable challenge. This paper discusses the use of a large strain…”
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Evolutionary and Historical Aspects of the Burden of Malaria by CARTER, Richard, MENDIS, Kamini N

“…ERRATUM ( vol. 16 , p. 173 ) Classifications Services CMR Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg…”
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The impact of repeated malaria attacks on the school performance of children by Fernando, S D, Gunawardena, D M, Bandara, M R S S, De Silva, D, Carter, R, Mendis, K N, Wickremasinghe, A R

“…The impact of repeated malarial infections on the school performance of children was investigated in 571 school children 6-14 years of age in a malaria-endemic…”
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CMOS active pixel image sensors for highly integrated imaging systems by Mendis, S.K., Kemeny, S.E., Gee, R.C., Pain, B., Staller, C.O., Quiesup Kim, Fossum, E.R.

“…A family of CMOS-based active pixel image sensors (APSs) that are inherently compatible with the integration of on-chip signal processing circuitry is…”
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Cognitive performance at school entry of children living in malaria-endemic areas of Sri Lanka by Fernando, Deepika, Wickremasinghe, Renu, Mendis, K.N., Wickremasinghe, A.R.

“…In a cross-sectional study, carried out in January 1997 at the beginning of the school year, the impact of repeated attacks of malarial infection on the…”
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Malaria risk factors in an endemic region of Sri Lanka, and the impact and cost implications of risk factor-based interventions by Gunawardena, D M, Wickremasinghe, A R, Muthuwatta, L, Weerasingha, S, Rajakaruna, J, Senanayaka, T, Kotta, P K, Attanayake, N, Carter, R, Mendis, K N

“…In an 18-month study of malaria in a population of 1,875 residents in 423 houses in an endemic area in southern Sri Lanka, the risk of malaria was found to be…”
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A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, clinical trial of the impact of malaria prevention on the educational attainment of school children by Fernando, Deepika, de Silva, Damani, Carter, Richard, Mendis, Kamini N, Wickremasinghe, Rajitha

“…A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of nine months duration was carried out to investigate the impact of malaria and its prevention on the educational…”
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Dynamics of Fever and Serum Levels of Tumor Necrosis Factor are Closely Associated During Clinical Paroxysms in Plasmodium vivax Malaria by Karunaweera, Nadira D., Grau, G. E., Gamage, P., Carter, R., Mendis, Kamini N.

“…Paroxysms are sharp episodes of high fever accompanied by chills and rigors that occur periodically, once in every 48 hr in Plasmodium vivax infections. We…”
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TNFα2 marks high risk of severe disease during Plasmodium falciparum malaria and other infections in Sri Lankans by WATTAVIDANAGE, J., CARTER, R., PERERA, K. L. R. L., MUNASINGHA, A., BANDARA, S., MCGUINNESS, D., WICKRAMASINGHE, A. R., ALLES, H. K., MENDIS, K. N., PREMAWANSA, S.

“…We have investigated the association between alleles of the genes for tumour necrosis factor‐alpha (TNF‐α) and TNF‐β and severity of disease during malarial…”
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Transient increase in circulating γ/δ T cells during Plasmodium vivax malarial paroxysms by PERERA, M. K, CARTER, R, GOONEWARDENE, R, MENDIS, K. N

“…The percentage of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) bearing the CD3+ phenotype and the alpha/beta and gamma/delta T cell receptors (TCR) in PBMC were…”
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Malaria transmission-blocking vaccines—how can their development be supported? by Carter, Richard, Mendis, Kamini N, Miller, Louis H, Molineaux, Louis, Saul, Allan

“…Malaria is a disease of poor countries. The development of malaria vaccines requires considerable investment, for which there is little commercial interest,…”
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Roll back malaria is unarguably both necessary and possible by Nabarro, D, Mendis, K

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Features of recrudescent chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum infections confer a survival advantage on parasites and have implications for disease control by Handunnetti, S.M., Gunewardena, D.M., Pathirana, P.P.S.I., Ekanayake, K., Weerasinghe, S., Mendis, K.N.

“…This paper reports on the features of recrudescent infections of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum (CQRPf) malaria from a study in vivo of patients…”
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Cytokine-mediated inactivation of malarial gametocytes is dependent on the presence of white blood cells and involves reactive nitrogen intermediates by Naotunne, T S, Karunaweera, N D, Mendis, K N, Carter, R

“…Supernatants of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) incubated for 24 hr in the presence of extracts of freeze-thawed blood stage parasites of…”
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