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Thamarasi Senaratne

Country of origin: Sri Lanka Currently in: Sri Lanka, Colombo General field of specialization: Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Academic Background

Degrees

2016 Doctorate Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
2010 Master Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
2007 Undergraduate Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences

Working in the field of Microbiology,Virology and Bio Statistics.


Publications resulting from Research: 


1. Thamarasi Senaratne, Harith Wimalaratne, D. G. S. Alahakoon, Nirmali Gunawardane, Jillian Carr, and Faseeha Noordeen. Characterization of Dengue Virus Infections in a Sample of Patients Suggests Unique Clinical, Immunological, and Virological Profiles That Impact on the Diagnosis of Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. Journal of Medical Virology 2016. doi:10.1002/jmv.24525

2. Thamarasi Senaratne , Jillian Carr , Faseeha Noordeen. Elevation in liver enzymes is associated with increased IL-2 and predicts severe outcomes in clinically apparent dengue virus infection. Cytokine 2016 Vol 83.182-188. doi: 10.1016/j.cyto.2016.04.010

3. Senaratne UTN and Noordeen F. Diagnosis of dengue in Sri Lanka: improvements to the existing state of the art in the island. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2014 doi:10.1093/trstmh/tru131

4. T Senaratne, F Noordeen, N Dissanayake, KGRA Kumara. Comparison of a rapid immunochromatography assay with an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for anti-dengue virus IgM detection. Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 2014 Vol.4 (2):77-82. doi:: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v4i2.5925

5. Validity of a commercially available IgM ELISA test for diagnosing acute leptospirosis in high endemic districts of Sri Lanka. Agampodi SB, Thevanesam V, Senaratne T.Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases 2014 Vol.4(2):83-89. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v4i2.6952

6. Leptospirosis outbreak in Sri Lanka in 2008: Lessons for assessing the global burden of disease.
Suneth B. Agampodi, Sharon J. Peacock, Vasanthi Thevanesam, Danaseela B. Nugegoda, Lee Smythe, Janjira Thaipadungpanit, Scott B. Craig, Mary Ann Burns, Michael Dohnt, Siriphan Boonsilp, Thamarasi Senaratne, Athula Kumara, Paba Palihawadana, Sahan Perera, and Joseph M. Vinetz. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 85(3), 2011, pp. 471–478 doi:http://www.ajtmh.org/content/85/3/471.abstract

7. A preliminary study on prevalent serovars of leptospirosis among patients admitted to Teaching hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka. S.B Agampodi ,V.Thevanesam, H.Wimalarathna, T.Senaratne, M.H Wijedasa. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2008, Vol 26, 4, pages 405-406. doi: http://www.ijmm.org/text.asp?2008/26/4/405/43557



Current profession

Current professional activities type: 
Research
Teaching
Higher Education Study
Currently serving as a lecturer at the Genenral Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka

Workshop and Conference Attended

2019 National Science Foundation Sri Lanka Innovative Grant proposals for Successful Funding

Presentation given

Event:
Prizes, Grants and Awards

Other Awards

Dec 2018
Merit award for Scientific publication in 2016
Awarded by the National research council of Sri Lanka in recognition of the contribution towards the local research and development
Jan 2017
Merit award for Scientific publication in 2014
Awarded by the National research council of Sri Lanka in recognition of the contribution towards the local research and development

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