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W. Samarawickrema

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h-index: 14
Works: 47
Citations: 554

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Social mobilisation, drug coverage and compliance and adverse reactions in a Mass Drug Administration (MDA) Programme for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in Sri Lanka
M. Weerasooriya, Channa Yahathugoda, D. Wickramasinghe, K. Gunawardena +4 more
2007Filaria Journal50 citations Open access
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Lymphoedema and its management in cases of lymphatic filariasis: the current situation in three suburbs of Matara, Sri Lanka, before the introduction of a morbidity-control programme
T. C. Yahathugoda, D. Wickramasinghe, M. Weerasooriya, W. Samarawickrema
2005Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology39 citations
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Long-term efficacy of single-dose mass treatment with diethylcarbamazine citrate against diurnally subperiodic Wuchereria bancrofti: eight years' experience in Samoa.
E. Kimura, G. Spears, K. I. Singh, W. Samarawickrema +6 more
1992Bulletin of the World Health Organization26 citations
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Filariasis transmission in Samoa. I. Relation between density of microfilariae and larval density in laboratory-bred and wild-caught Aedes (Stegomyia) polynesiensis (Marks) and wild-caught Aedes (Finlaya) samoanus (Gruenberg).
W. Samarawickrema, G. Spears, Fola Sone, K. Ichimori +1 more
1985Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology26 citations
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Epidemiology of bancroftian filariasis in three suburban areas of Matara, Sri Lanka
M. Weerasooriya, T. Weerasooriya, N. K. Gunawardena, W. Samarawickrema +1 more
2001Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology25 citations
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Loss of filarial larvae in a natural mosquito population.
W. Samarawickrema, B. R. Laurence
1978Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology24 citations
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Seasonal abundance and biting behaviour of Anopheles punctulatus and An.koliensis in Malaita Province, Solomon Islands, and a trial of permethrin impregnated bednets against malaria transmission
W. Samarawickrema, A. Parkinson, N. Kere, O. G. Alo
1992Medical and Veterinary Entomology23 citations
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Distribution of vectors, transmission indices and microfilaria rates of subperiodic Wuchereria bancrofti in relation to village ecotypes in Samoa.
W. Samarawickrema, E. Kimura, G. Spears, L. Penaia +3 more
1987Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene23 citations
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Short communication: Wuchereria bancrofti antigenaemia in Sri Lanka
Makoto Itoh, M. Weerasooriya, N. K. Gunawardena, M. Mudalige +2 more
1999Tropical medicine & international health22 citations
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Natural infections of Wuchereria bancrofti in Aedes (Stegomyia) polynesiensis and Aedes (Finlaya) samoanus in Samoa.
W. Samarawickrema, Fola Sone, R. Cummings
1987Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene21 citations
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Changes in the ovariole of Mansonia (Mansonioides) mosquitoes in relation to age determination.
W. Samarawickrema
1962Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology18 citations
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A study of the age-composition of natural populations of Culex pipiens fatigans Wiedemann in relation to the transmission of filariasis due to Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobbold) in Ceylon.
W. Samarawickrema
1967Bulletin of the World Health Organization17 citations
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Age Determination for Individual Mansonioides Mosquitoes
D. Bertram, W. Samarawickrema
1958Nature16 citations
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Filariasis transmission in Samoa. II. Some factors related to the development of microfilariae in the intermediate host.
W. Samarawickrema, G. Spears, Fola Sone, Kazuyo Ichimori +1 more
1985Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology14 citations
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Comparative efficacy of house curtains impregnated with permethrin, lambdacyhalothrin or bendiocarb against the vector of bancroftian filariasis, Culex quinquefasciatus, in Matara, Sri Lanka.
M. Weerasooriya, C. Munasinghe, M. Mudalige, C. Curtis +1 more
1996Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene13 citations
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The relative importance and distribution of Aedes polynesiensis and Ae.aegypti larval habitats in Samoa
W. Samarawickrema, Fola Sone, E. Kimura, L. Self +2 more
1993Medical and Veterinary Entomology13 citations
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Seasonal abundance, diel biting activity and parity of Aedes polynesiensis marks and A. samoanus (Grünberg) (Diptera: Culicidae) in Samoa
W. Samarawickrema, F. Sone, R. Cummings
198713 citations
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Photoperiodic Control of Egg Hatching in the Mosquito Mansonia titillans
J. Nayar, W. Samarawickrema, D. M. Sauerman
197313 citations
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Effects of 5 rounds of mass drug administration with diethylcarbamazine and albendazole on filaria-specific IgG4 titers in urine: 6-year follow-up study in Sri Lanka.
M. Itoh, M. Weerasooriya, T. C. Yahathugoda, H. Takagi +3 more
2011Parasitology international12 citations
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Impact of two follow-up schemes on morbidity management and disability prevention (MMDP) programme for filarial lymphedema in Matara, Sri Lanka.
T. C. Yahathugoda, M. Weerasooriya, W. Samarawickrema, E. Kimura +1 more
2018Parasitology international11 citations
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Knowledge on lymphatic filariasis and the response to July 2002 mass treatment campaign in two communities in the Galle district.
T. C. Yahathugoda, D. Wickramasinghe, Tilaks S. Liyanage, M. Weerasooriya +3 more
2011Ceylon Medical Journal11 citations Open access
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Low-density microfilaraemia in subperiodic bancroftian filariasis in Samoa.
E. Kimura, L. Penaia, W. Samarawickrema, G. Spears
1985Bulletin of the World Health Organization11 citations
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Biting cycles and parity of the mosquito Mansonia (Mansonioides) uniformis (Theo.) in Ceylon
W. Samarawickrema
196811 citations
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Efficacy of a single dose treatment of Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaria carriers with diethylcarbamazine in Matara, Sri Lanka.
M. Weerasooriya, E. Kimura, D. A. Dayaratna, T. Weerasooriya +1 more
1998Ceylon Medical Journal8 citations
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Natural infections of Dirofilaria immitis in Aedes (Stegomyia) polynesiensis and Aedes (Finlaya) samoanus and their implication in human health in Samoa.
W. Samarawickrema, E. Kimura, Fola Sones, G. Paulson +1 more
1992Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene8 citations
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Laboratory colonization of Mansonia uniformis, Ma. indiana and Ma. bonneae in Malaysia.
G. Chiang, W. H. Cheong, K. P. Loong, K. L. Eng +1 more
1985Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association8 citations
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Rapid assessment procedures to detect hidden endemic foci in areas not subjected to mass drug administration in Sri Lanka.
T. C. Yahathugoda, M. Weerasooriya, T. Sunahara, E. Kimura +2 more
2014Parasitology international7 citations
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Distribution of breeding and control of the filariasis vector Aedes samoanus in leaf axils of Pandanus in Samoa
W. Samarawickrema, F. Sone, L. Self, R. Cummings +1 more
1992Medical and Veterinary Entomology7 citations
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Filariasis in Bengkoka Peninsula, Sabah, Malaysia: vector studies in relation to the transmission of filariasis.
G. Chiang, W. H. Cheong, W. Samarawickrema, J.-W. Mak +1 more
1984Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health7 citations
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An independent evaluation of the national programme for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis
T. C. Yahathugoda, M. Weerasooriya, W. Samarawickrema
20136 citations Open access
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Presence and gradual disappearance of filaria-specific urinary IgG4 in babies born to antibody-positive mothers: a 2-year follow-up study.
M. Weerasooriya, M. Itoh, M. Z. Islam, Y. Aoki +2 more
2008Parasitology international6 citations
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Significance of coconut husk pits as larval habitats of Culex quinquefasciatus (Say) in the filariasis endemic coastal belt of Sri Lanka.
W. Samarawickrema, N. Jayasekera, C. Jansen, R. V. Chelliah +2 more
1982Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health6 citations
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Aggregation by ovipositing Mansonioides mosquitoes.
B. R. Laurence, W. Samarawickrema
1970Journal of medical entomology6 citations
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Microfilarial periodicity of Wuchereria bancrofti and man landing periodicity of the vector Culex quinquefasciatus say in Matara, Sri Lanka.
M. Weerasooriya, M. Mudalige, N. K. Gunawardena, E. Kimura +1 more
1998Ceylon Medical Journal5 citations
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Field and laboratory observations on Coquillettidia crassipes in relation to transmission of Brugia malayi in Peninsular Malaysia.
G. Chiang, W. Samarawickrema, J.-W. Mak, W. H. Cheong +2 more
1986Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology5 citations
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Laboratory culture and life cycle of two species of mosquito, Mansonia (Mansonioides) uniformis Theobald and Mansonia (Man-soniotdes) annulifera Theobald from Ceylon.
W. Samarawickrema
19685 citations
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Observations on Culex quinquefasciatus Say in relation to transmission of filariasis due to subperiodic Wuchereria bancrofti in Samoa.
W. Samarawickrema, Fola Sone, G. Paulson, E. Kimura +2 more
1992Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology4 citations
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Field studies on the surveillance of Coquillettidia crassipes (Van der Wulp) and the isolation of a strain of Cardiofilaria in peninsular Malaysia.
G. Chiang, W. Samarawickrema, K. L. Eng, W. H. Cheong +2 more
1986Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology3 citations
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Laboratory studies of Ochlerotatus samoanus in association with leaf axils of Freycinetia (Pandanaceae) in Samoa.
K. Uchida, K. Ichimori, G. Paulson, P. Cox +2 more
2002Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association2 citations
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Laboratory colonization of Mansonia in Malaysia; a preliminary report [Vector of filariasis due to Brugia malayi].
W. H. Cheong, G. Chiang, K. P. Loong, W. Samarawickrema
19842 citations
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Filariasis in Western Samoa: I. Transmission studies of Aedes (Stegomyia) polynesiensis (Marks) and Aedes (Finlaya) samoanus (Gruenberg) on carriers with different levels of microfilaraemia of Wuchereria bancrofti.
W. Samarawickrema, F. Sone, K. Ichimori, R. Cummings
19802 citations
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Follicular relics in wild-caught Culex pipiens fatigans Wiedemann in Ceylon.
W. Samarawickrema
1962Bulletin of the World Health Organization2 citations
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The transmission of an avian filarioid Cardiofilaria nilesi to the jird, Meriones unguiculatus
G. Chiang, W. H. Cheong, K. L. Eng, W. Samarawickrema
1987Journal of Helminthology1 citations
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Laboratory colonization of Mansonia uniformis, Mansonia Indiana and Mansonia bonneae in Malaysia
G. Chiang, W. H. Cheong, K. P. Loonge, K. L. Eng +1 more
19851 citations
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Filariasis in Bengkoka Peninsula, Sabah, Malaysia: bionomics of Mansonia sp.
G. Chiang, W. H. Cheong, W. Samarawickrema
1984Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health1 citations
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Finding new endemic foci of Wuchereria bancrofti in Sri Lanka using immunological tests
E. Kimura, M. Weerasooriya, N. K. Gunawardena, M. Mudalige +1 more
19980 citations
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Filariasis in Sri Lanka II:crossing relations of natural populations of Culex quinquefasciatus (Say) in Sri Lanka
N. Jayasekera, W. Samarawickrema, C. Jansen, R. V. Chelliah
19810 citations
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