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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Cytokines kill malaria parasites during infection crisis : extracellular complementary factors are essential by DE S. NAOTUNNE, T, KARUNAWEERA, N. D, DEL GIUDICE, G, KULARATNE, M. U, GRAU, G. E, CARTER, R, MENDIS, K. N

“…Malaria infection crisis, at which the parasitemia drops precipitously and the parasite loses infectivity to the mosquito vector, occurs in many natural…”
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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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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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Malaria transmission-blocking immunity induced by natural infections of Plasmodium vivax in humans by MENDIS, K. N, MUNESINGHE, Y. D, DE SILVA, Y. N. Y, KERAGALLA, I, CARTER, R

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Rosetting: a new cytoadherence property of malaria-infected erythrocytes by David, P H, Handunnetti, S M, Leech, J H, Gamage, P, Mendis, K N

“…Plasmodium fragile infection of the toque monkey is a natural host-parasite association in which parasite sequestration occurs as during P. falciparum…”
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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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Demonstration of anti-disease immunity to Plasmodium vivax malaria in Sri Lanka using a quantitative method to assess clinical disease by Karunaweera, N D, Carter, R, Grau, G E, Mendis, K N

“…Clinical immunity to malaria was studied by quantifying the intensity of symptoms as well as by measurement of several hematologic indicators of pathology (the…”
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A malaria parasite toxin associated with Plasmodium vivax paroxysms by WIJESEKERA, S. K., CARTER, R., RATHNAYAKA, L., MENDIS, K. N.

“…We have previously demonstrated a correlation between clinical paroxysms in Plasmodium vivax malarial infections and the appearance in patients' plasma of…”
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The ParaSight ™-F dipstick test as a routine diagnostic tool for malaria in Sri Lanka by Kodisinghe, H.M., Perera, K.L.R.L., Premawansa, S., de S. Naotunne, T., Wickramasinghe, A.R., Mendis, K.N.

“…Blood from 1053 persons who presented for treatment at outpatient clinics of government health institutions in Sri Lanka, and 250 who took part in a blood…”
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Uninfected erythrocytes form "rosettes" around Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes by Handunnetti, S M, David, P H, Perera, K L, Mendis, K N

“…The human malaria parasite, P. falciparum, exhibits cytoadherence properties whereby infected erythrocytes containing mature parasite stages bind to…”
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