K. Weerakoon

Most-cited papers

1. Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance 1990–2021: a systematic analysis with forecasts to 2050

   Mohsen Stein Emil Kevin S Lucien R Authia P Eve E Gisela Naghavi Vollset Ikuta Swetschinski Gray Wool Roble, M. Naghavi, S. Vollset, Kevin S. Ikuta +496 more

   2024The Lancet3,248 citations Open access

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2. Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

   Mohsen Kanyin Liane Amirali Hazim S Yohannes Habtegiorgis Naghavi Ong Aali Ababneh Abate Abbafati Abbasgholi, M. Naghavi, K. Ong, Amirali Aali +496 more

   2024The Lancet1,888 citations Open access

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3. Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

   Michael Gregory A Aleksandr Y Peng Kalkidan Hassen Yohanne Brauer Roth Aravkin Zheng Abate Abate Abbafati Abb, Michael Brauer, G. Roth, A. Aravkin +496 more

   2024The Lancet1,840 citations Open access

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4. Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

   Jaimie D. Steinmetz, Katrin Seeher, N. Schiess, Emma Nichols +496 more

   2024Lancet Neurology1,245 citations Open access

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5. Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

   Marie Ng, E. Gakidou, Justin Lo, Y. Abate +496 more

   2025The Lancet768 citations Open access

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6. Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

   Stein Emil Hazim S Yohannes Habtegiorgis Cristiana Rouzb Vollset Ababneh Abate Abbafati Abbasgholizadeh Abb, S. Vollset, H. Ababneh, Y. Abate +496 more

   2024The Lancet746 citations Open access

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7. Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

   Austin E Hmwe Hmwe Amirali Cristiana Jaffar Rouzbeh Madin Schumacher Kyu Aali Abbafati Abbas Abbasgholizadeh, Austin E. Schumacher, H. Kyu, Amirali Aali +496 more

   2024The Lancet522 citations Open access

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8. Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

   S. Hay, K. Ong, D. Santomauro, B. A +496 more

   2025The Lancet401 citations Open access

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9. The global, regional, and national burden of cancer, 1990–2023, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

   Lisa M. Force, Jonathan M. Kocarnik, Miranda L May, K. Bhangdia +496 more

   2025The Lancet374 citations Open access

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10. Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Natalia V Austin E Amirali Yohannes Habtegiorgis Rouzbeh M Bhattacharjee Schumacher Aali Abate Abbasgholizade, N. V. Bhattacharjee, Austin E. Schumacher, Amirali Aali +496 more

    2024The Lancet365 citations Open access

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11. National-level and state-level prevalence of overweight and obesity among children, adolescents, and adults in the USA, 1990–2021, and forecasts up to 2050

    Marie Xiaochen Rebecca M Michael Arash Auwal Richard Gya Ng Dai Cogen Abdelmasseh Abdollahi Abdullahi Aboag, Marie Ng, X. Dai, Rebecca M. Cogen +334 more

    2024The Lancet312 citations Open access

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12. Advances in the Diagnosis of Human Schistosomiasis

    K. Weerakoon, G. Gobert, Pengfei Cai, D. McManus

    2015Clinical Microbiology Reviews304 citations Open access

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13. Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific burden of diarrhoeal diseases, their risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2021, for 204 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    H. Kyu, Avina Vongpradith, R. Dominguez, Jianing Ma +496 more

    2024Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)164 citations Open access

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14. Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950–2023: a demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

    Austin E. Schumacher, P. Zheng, Ryan M. Barber, B. A +496 more

    2025The Lancet159 citations Open access

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15. Cell-Free DNA as a Diagnostic Tool for Human Parasitic Infections.

    K. Weerakoon, D. McManus

    2016Trends in Parasitology148 citations

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16. Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis and its aetiologies, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    H. Y. Wunrow, Rose G. Bender, Avina Vongpradith, Sarah Brooke Sirota +496 more

    2023Lancet Neurology136 citations Open access

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17. Global, regional, and national progress towards the 2030 global nutrition targets and forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    M. B. Arndt, Y. Abate, Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari, S. Abd ElHafeez +496 more

    2024The Lancet106 citations Open access

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18. DNA Diagnostics for Schistosomiasis Control

    K. Weerakoon, C. Gordon, D. McManus

    2018Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease82 citations Open access

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19. Droplet Digital PCR Diagnosis of Human Schistosomiasis: Parasite Cell-Free DNA Detection in Diverse Clinical Samples

    K. Weerakoon, C. Gordon, G. Williams, Pengfei Cai +5 more

    2017Journal of Infectious Diseases70 citations Open access

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20. Revisiting Russell's Viper (Daboia russelii) Bite in Sri Lanka: Is Abdominal Pain an Early Feature of Systemic Envenoming?

    S. Kularatne, Anjana Silva, K. Weerakoon, K. Maduwage +3 more

    2014PLoS ONE63 citations Open access

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21. Global, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks' gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    H. Comfort, Theresa A. McHugh, Austin E. Schumacher, A. Harris +496 more

    2024The Lancet55 citations Open access

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22. Serological evidence of Thailand virus-related hantavirus infection among suspected leptospirosis patients in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

    C. Gamage, Shumpei P. Yasuda, Sanae Nishio, S. Kularatne +8 more

    2011Japanese journal of infectious diseases (Print)49 citations Open access

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23. Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990–2021: a subanalysis of causes and risk factors from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    N. Steel, C. Bauer-Staeb, John A Ford, C. Abbafati +496 more

    2025Lancet Public Health48 citations Open access

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24. Comparison of Kato Katz, antibody-based ELISA and droplet digital PCR diagnosis of schistosomiasis japonica: Lessons learnt from a setting of low infection intensity

    Pengfei Cai, K. Weerakoon, Y. Mu, R. Olveda +3 more

    2019PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases46 citations Open access

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25. A Parallel Comparison of Antigen Candidates for Development of an Optimized Serological Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis Japonica in the Philippines

    Pengfei Cai, K. Weerakoon, Y. Mu, David U. Olveda +6 more

    2017EBioMedicine44 citations Open access

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26. A novel duplex ddPCR assay for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis japonica: proof of concept in an experimental mouse model

    K. Weerakoon, C. Gordon, Pengfei Cai, G. Gobert +3 more

    2017Parasitology38 citations

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27. Optimisation of a droplet digital PCR assay for the diagnosis of Schistosoma japonicum infection: A duplex approach with DNA binding dye chemistry.

    K. Weerakoon, C. Gordon, G. Gobert, Pengfei Cai +1 more

    2016Journal of Microbiological Methods37 citations Open access

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28. Intra-aural tick bite causing unilateral facial nerve palsy in 29 cases over 16 years in Kandy, Sri Lanka: is rickettsial aetiology possible?

    S. Kularatne, Ranjan L. Fernando, Sinnadurai Selvaratnam, Chandrasiri Narampanawa +6 more

    2018BMC Infectious Diseases32 citations Open access

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29. Helminths, polyparasitism, and the gut microbiome in the Philippines.

    C. Gordon, L. Krause, D. McManus, M. Morrison +5 more

    2020International Journal of Parasitology28 citations Open access

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30. Long-term health effects perceived by snakebite patients in rural Sri Lanka: A cohort study

    S. Waiddyanatha, Anjana Silva, K. Weerakoon, S. Siribaddana +1 more

    2022PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases27 citations Open access

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31. A case series of spotted fever rickettsiosis with neurological manifestations in Sri Lanka.

    S. Kularatne, K. Weerakoon, R. Rajapakse, S. C. Madagedara +2 more

    2012International Journal of Infectious Diseases27 citations Open access

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32. Stigma associated with cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis: A systematic review

    Hasara Nuwangi, T. Agampodi, H. Price, T. Shepherd +2 more

    2023PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases24 citations Open access

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33. Diagnosing schistosomiasis-induced liver morbidity: implications for global control.

    David U. Olveda, M. Inobaya, R. Olveda, Marilyn L Vinluan +9 more

    2017International Journal of Infectious Diseases24 citations Open access

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34. Co-parasitism of intestinal protozoa and Schistosoma japonicum in a rural community in the Philippines

    K. Weerakoon, C. Gordon, G. Williams, Pengfei Cai +5 more

    2018Infectious Diseases of Poverty23 citations Open access

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35. Performance of the point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen test in the diagnosis of schistosomiasis japonica in a human cohort from Northern Samar, the Philippines

    Pengfei Cai, Y. Mu, K. Weerakoon, R. Olveda +2 more

    2021Infectious Diseases of Poverty22 citations Open access

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36. Clinico-epidemiology of stings and envenoming of Hottentotta tamulus (Scorpiones: Buthidae), the Indian red scorpion from Jaffna Peninsula in northern Sri Lanka.

    S. Kularatne, Nandana P. Dinamithra, S. Sivansuthan, K. Weerakoon +3 more

    2015Toxicon21 citations

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37. Rickettsioses in the central hills of Sri Lanka: serological evidence of increasing burden of spotted fever group.

    S. Kularatne, R. Rajapakse, W. Wickramasinghe, D. Nanayakkara +4 more

    2013International Journal of Infectious Diseases20 citations Open access

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38. Testing of water samples for environmental DNA as a surveillance tool to assess the risk of schistosome infection in a locality.

    D. McManus, C. Gordon, K. Weerakoon

    2018International Journal of Infectious Diseases16 citations Open access

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39. The stigma associated with cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL): A protocol for a systematic review

    Hasara Nuwangi, T. Agampodi, Helen P. Price, T. Shepherd +2 more

    2023PLoS ONE13 citations Open access

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40. Does snake envenoming cause chronic kidney disease? A cohort study in rural Sri Lanka

    S. Waiddyanatha, Anjana Silva, K. Weerakoon, S. Siribaddana +1 more

    2022Clinical toxicology13 citations

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41. The psychosocial burden of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Sri Lanka: A multi-method qualitative study

    Hasara Nuwangi, Lisa Dikomitis, K. Weerakoon, S. Agampodi +1 more

    2024PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases12 citations Open access

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42. Molecular identification of Ancylostoma ceylanicum in the Philippines

    O. Aula, D. McManus, K. Weerakoon, R. Olveda +3 more

    2020Parasitology12 citations Open access

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43. Rewriting the history of leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: An untold story since 1904

    Hasara Nuwangi, K. Weerakoon, T. Agampodi, Helen P. Price +2 more

    2022PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases11 citations Open access

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44. Efficacy of intravenous hydrocortisone administered 2-4 h prior to antivenom as prophylaxis against adverse drug reactions to snake antivenom in Sri Lanka: An open labelled randomized controlled trial.

    S. Kularatne, K. Weerakoon, Anjana Silva, K. Maduwage +6 more

    2016Toxicon11 citations

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45. Global burden of enteric infectious diseases, diarrhoeal diseases, and corresponding aetiologies, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.

    Avina Vongpradith, R. Dominguez, Lorainne Tudor Car, Amanda Movo +496 more

    2026Lancet. Infectious Diseases (Print)10 citations Open access

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46. First Reported Case of Fatal Stinging by the Large Carpenter Bee Xylocopa tranquebarica

    S. Kularatne, S. Raveendran, J. P. Edirisinghe, I. Karunaratne +1 more

    2016Wilderness & environmental medicine (Print)10 citations

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47. Intentional Ingestion of Strychnos Nux-vomica Seeds Causing Severe Muscle Spasms and Cardiac Arrest: A Postmortem Report

    K. Fernando, K. Jayasekara, J. Warushahennadi, I. Kumarasinghe +2 more

    2015Wilderness & environmental medicine (Print)10 citations

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48. ‘We do not rush to the hospital for ordinary wounds (suḷu tuvāla)’: A qualitative study on the early clinical manifestations of cutaneous leishmaniasis and associated health behaviours in rural Sri Lanka

    S. Gunasekara, Nuwan Darshana Wickramasinghe, S. Agampodi, M. Fernando +4 more

    2023PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases9 citations Open access

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49. Diminished disease progression rate in a chronic kidney disease population following the replacement of dietary water source with quality drinking water: A pilot study

    E. R. Siriwardhana, P. Perera, R. Sivakanesan, T. Abeysekara +3 more

    2018Nephrology9 citations

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50. Revisiting clinico-epidemiological pattern of human rickettsial infections in the central region of Sri Lanka: a hospital based descriptive study

    K. Weerakoon, S. Kularatne, J. Rajapakse, S. Adikari +1 more

    2017BMC Research Notes9 citations Open access

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