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Medrano, P.G., Weerasinghe, N., Nagahawatte, A., Vanderburg, S., Park, L.P., Wijayaratne, G.B., Devasiri, V., Dilshan, B., Sheng, T., Kurukulasooriya, R. and Anderson, J., 2024. Prevalence and predictors of antibiotic prescription among patients hospitalized with viral lower respiratory tract infections in Southern Province, Sri LankaPloS one19(6), p.e0304690.

Tillekeratne, L.G., De Soyza, W., Iglesias-Ussel, M.D., Olague, S., Palangasinghe, D., Nagahawatte, A., Wickramatunga, T., Gamage, J., Kurukulasooriya, R., Premamali, M. and Ngocho, J., 2024. Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tools: Strategies to Improve the Management of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Low-Resource SettingsThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, p.tpmd240126.

Ko, E.R., Reller, M.E., Tillekeratne, L.G., Bodinayake, C.K., Miller, C., Burke, T.W., Henao, R., McClain, M.T., Suchindran, S., Nicholson, B., Blatt, A., Petzold, E., Tsalik, E.L., Nagahawatte, A., Devasiri, V., Rubach, M.P., Maro, V.P., Lwezuala, B.F., Arachichi, W.K. and Kurukulasooriya, R. (2023). Host-response Transcriptional Biomarkers Accurately Discriminate Bacterial and Viral Infections of Global Relevance. Research Square. doi

Van Melle, D.T., Ten Asbroek, G., Rolfe, R., Vanderburg, S., Abeysinghe, Y.W., Halloluwa, C., Zhang, H.L., Ostbye, T., Kurukulasooriya, R., Sheng, T. and Kanchana, S., 2021. Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes Regarding Antibiotic Use for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: Insights from Patients in Sri LankaThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene105(6), p.1690. DOI: 10.3201/eid1802.110962

Vanderburg, S., Wijayaratne, G., Danthanarayana, N., Jayamaha, J., Piyasiri, B., Halloluwa, C., Sheng, T., Amarasena, S., Kurukulasooriya, R., Nicholson, B.P. and Peiris, J.S., 2020. Outbreak of severe acute respiratory infection in Southern Province, Sri Lanka in 2018: a cross-sectional study. BMJ open10(11), p.e040612. DOI: 10.3201/eid1802.110962

Tillekeratne, L.G., Suchindran, S., Ko, E.R., Petzold, E.A., Bodinayake, C.K., Nagahawatte, A., Devasiri, V., Kurukulasooriya, R., Nicholson, B.P., McClain, M.T. and Burke, T.W., 2020, June. Previously derived host gene expression classifiers identify bacterial and viral etiologies of acute febrile respiratory illness in a South Asian population. In Open forum infectious diseases(Vol. 7, No. 6, p. ofaa194). US: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.3201/eid1802.110962

Tillekeratne, L.G., Bodinayake, C.K., Simmons, R., Nagahawatte, A., Devasiri, V., Arachchi, W.K., Nicholson, B.P., Park, L.P., Vanderburg, S., Kurukulasooriya, R. and De Silva, A.D., 2019. Respiratory viral infection: an underappreciated cause of acute febrile illness admissions in southern Sri Lanka. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene100(3), p.672. DOI: 10.3201/eid1802.110962

Tillekeratne, L.G., Bodinayake, C., Nagahawatte, A., Kurukulasooriya, R., Orlando, L.A., Simmons, R.A., Park, L.P., Woods, C.W. and Reed, S.D., 2019. Use of clinical algorithms and rapid influenza testing to manage influenza-like illness: a cost-effectiveness analysis in Sri LankaBMJ Global Health4(2), p.e001291. DOI: 10.3201/eid1802.110962

Tillekeratne, L.G., Bodinayake, C.K., Dabrera, T., Nagahawatte, A., Arachchi, W.K., Sooriyaarachchi, A., Stewart, K., Watt, M., Østbye, T. and Woods, C.W., 2017. Antibiotic overuse for acute respiratory tract infections in Sri Lanka: a qualitative study of outpatients and their physiciansBMC family practice18, pp.1-10. DOI: 10.3201/eid1802.110962

Shapiro, D., Bodinayake, C.K., Nagahawatte, A., Devasiri, V., Kurukulasooriya, R., Hsiang, J., Nicholson, B., De Silva, A.D., Østbye, T., Reller, M.E. and Woods, C.W., 2017. Burden and seasonality of viral acute respiratory tract infections among outpatients in southern Sri LankaThe American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene97(1), p.88. DOI: 10.3201/eid1802.110962

Tillekeratne, L.G., Bodinayake, C.K., Nagahawatte, A., Vidanagama, D., Devasiri, V., Arachchi, W.K., Kurukulasooriya, R., De Silva, A.D., Østbye, T., Reller, M.E. and Woods, C.W., 2015. Use of rapid influenza testing to reduce antibiotic prescriptions among outpatients with influenza-like illness in southern Sri LankaThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene93(5), p.1031. DOI: 10.3201/eid1802.110962

Tillekeratne, L.G., Bodinayake, C.K., Nagahawatte, A., Vidanagama, D., Devasiri, V., Arachchi, W.K., Kurukulasooriya, R., De Silva, A.D., Østybe, T., Reller, M.E. and Woods, C.W., 2015. An under-recognized influenza epidemic identified by rapid influenza testing, southern Sri Lanka, 2013. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene92(5), p.1023. DOI: 10.3201/eid1802.110962

Tsalik, E.L., Fiorino, C., Aqeel, A., Liu, Y., Henao, R., Ko, E.R., Burke, T.W., Reller, M.E., Bodinayake, C.K., Nagahawatte, A. and Arachchi, W.K., 2021. The host response to viral infections reveals common and virus-specific signatures in the peripheral bloodFrontiers in immunology12, p.741837. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.741837




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