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

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 Settings. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, p.tpmd240126.

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 Lanka. PloS one, 19(6), p.e0304690.

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 Lanka. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 105(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 open, 10(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 hygiene, 100(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 Lanka. BMJ Global Health, 4(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 physicians. BMC family practice, 18, 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 Lanka. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 97(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 Lanka. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 93(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 hygiene, 92(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 blood. Frontiers in immunology, 12, p.741837. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.741837

Influenza Vaccination Implementation in Sri Lanka: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Coralei E. Neighbors, Evan R. Myers, Nayani P. Weerasinghe, Gaya B. Wijayaratne, Champika K. Bodinayake, Ajith Nagahawatte, L. Gayani Tillekeratne, and Christopher W. Woods., Vaccines, May 2023

A Practical Approach to Lung Ultrasound Training in Sri Lanka Sky Vanderburg, Iroshani Kodikara, Anna Tharakan, Tianchen Sheng, John A. Gallis, Muhunthan Sellathurai, Champika Bodinayake, Ajith Nagahawatte, Gaya B. Wijayaratne, Chris W. Woods, L. Gayani Tillekeratne, and Elisabeth D. Riviello., The American Thoracic Society, February 2023

Host-response Transcriptional Biomarkers Accurately Discriminate Bacterial and Viral Infections of Global Relevance. Ko ER, Reller ME, Tillekeratna LG, Bodinayake CK, Miller C, Burke TW, Henao R, McClain MT, Suchindran S, Nicholson B, Blatt A, Petzold E, Tsalik EL, Nagahawatte A, Devasiri V, Rubach MP, Maro VP, Lwezuala BF, KodikaraArachchi W, Kurukulasooriya R, Silva AD, Clark DV, Schully KL, Madut D, Dumler JS, Kato C, Galloway R, Crump JA, Ginsburg GS, Minogue TD, Woods CW. Research Square, 04 Jan 2023

Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes Regarding Antibiotic Use for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: Insights from Patients in Sri Lanka.  David T. van Melle, Guus ten Asbroek, Robert Rolfe, Sky Vanderburg, Yohanna W. Abeysinghe, Chathuh Halloluwa, Helen L. Zhang, Truls Ostbye, Ruvini Kurukulasooriya, Tianchen Sheng, Sewwandi Kanchana,  Gaya Wijayaratne, Champica Bodinayake, Ajith Nagahawatte, Melissa H. Watt, Christopher W. Woods, Vijitha de Silva, and Gayani Tillekeratne. 2021 by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene(Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 105(6), 2021, pp. 1690–1695)

A Novel Lung Ultrasound Training Program to Predict Severity of Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Sri Lanka. Vanderburg S, Kodikara I, Sellathurai M, Bodinayake CK, Nagahawatte A, Riviello E, Woods CW, Tillekeratne LG. American Thoracic Society, May 2019 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.20499.02082

Antibiotic Use in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: Insights From Patient Interviews in Sri Lanka. Van Melle, D.T., ten Asbroek, G.H., Vanderburg, S., Abeysinghe, Y.W., Halloluwa, C., Zhang, H.L., Sheng, T., Sewwandi, K., Bodinayake, C.K., Nagahawatte, A. and Woods, C.W., 2019, October. 1637. In Open Forum Infectious Diseases (Vol. 6, No. Supplement_2, pp. S597-S597). US: Oxford University Press.

The Respiratory virus outbreak in Southern Sri Lanka in 2018: Wijayaratne W.M.D.G.B., Vanderburg, S, Tillekeratne G. Woods C, Nagahawatte A, Bodinayake, C. K, Devasiri V, Nicholson, B.P, Petzold E, Gunasena S, Danthanarayana N, Piyasiri B, Sellaturai M, Weerasinghe NP, Fonseka CL, Kurukulasooriya R, Gunasekara NC, Results of active surveillance Annual Scientific Session of the Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists 2019

 A Novel Lung Ultrasound Training Program to Predict Severity of Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Sri Lanka. Vanderburg S, Kodikara I, Sellathurai M, Bodinayake CK, Nagahawatte A, Riviello E, Woods CW, Tillekeratne LG. American Thoracic Society, May 2019 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.20499.02082

Frequent Inappropriate Antimicrobial Use for Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Sri Lanka. Vanderburg S, Sheng T, Wijayaratne G, Dabrera T, Bodinayake CK, Nagahawatte A, Kurukulasooriya R, Drew R, Woods CW, Tillekeratne LG. Vanderburg S, Sheng T, Wijayaratne G, Dabrera T, Bodinayake CK, Nagahawatte A, Kurukulasooriya R, Drew R, Woods CW, Tillekeratne LG. US-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program 21st International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim, February 2019

An outbreak of adenovirus causing severe respiratory illness in Southern Sri Lanka, 2018. Weerasinghe M. Wijayaratne, Sky Vanderburg, Vasantha Devasiri, Ajith Nagahawatte, Champika K. Bodinayake, Elizabeth Petzold, Sunethra Gunasena, Nayomi Danthanarayana, Bhagya Piyasiri Muhunthan Sellathurai, Nayani P. Weerasinghe1, Chathuranga L. Fonseka, Ruvini P. Kurukulasooriya, Nishantha C. Gunasekara, Brad P. Nicholson, Chris W. Woods, L. Gayani Tillekeratne. ASTMH 6th annual meeting Nov 2019

Antibiotic Use in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: Insights From Patient Interviews in Sri Lanka. Van Melle  D.T., ten Asbroek, G.H., Vanderburg, S., Abeysinghe, Y.W., Halloluwa, C., Zhang, H.L., Sheng, T., Sewwandi, K., Bodinayake, C.K., Nagahawatte, A. and Woods, C.W., 2019, October. 1637. In Open Forum Infectious Diseases (Vol. 6, No. Supplement_2, pp. S597-S597). US: Oxford University Press

Frequent Empiric Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Use Among Hospitalized Patients with Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Southern Sri Lanka. Vanderburg S, Sheng T, Wijayaratne G, Dabrera T, Bodinayake CK, Nagahawatte A, Kurukulasooriya R, Drew R, Woods CW, Tillekeratne LG.  Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, November 2018.

A gene expression signature accurately identifies viral acute respiratory infections in a Sri Lankan population., Tillekeratne LG, Suchindran S, Ko ER, Petzold EA, Bodinayake CK, Nagahawatte A, Devasiri V, Kurukulasooriya R, Reller ME, Nicholson BP, McClain MT, Burke T, Tsalik EL, Henao R, Ginsburg GS, Woods CW. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, October 2018.

Acute respiratory viral infections: an important cause of admissions for acute febrile illness in the Southern Province, Sri Lanka. Tillekeratne LG, Bodinayake CK, Simmons R, Nagahawatte A, Devasiri V, Vanderburg S, Kurukulasooriya R, Nicholson BP, Park LP, Ostbye T, Reller ME, Woods CW. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, October 2018.

Acute Respiratory Viral Infections: an important cause of admissions for Febrile Illnesses in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. Tillekeratne LG, Bodinayake CK, Nagahawatte A, Devasiri V, Nicholson BP, Vanderburg S, Kurukulasooriya R, Østybe T, Reller ME, Woods CW.  “International Conference on Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance” organized by Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists Annual Sessions, August 2018.

High Rate of Antibiotic Prescriptions for Outpatients with Influenza-Like Illness in Southern Sri Lanka. Gayani Tillekarathne, Champica K Bodinayake, Ajith Nagahawatte, Dhammila Vidanagama, Vasantha Devasiri, Wasantha Kodikara-Arachchi, Ruvini Kurukulasooriya, Truls Østybe, Megan E Reller And Christopher W Woods.  ID week Global Infectious diseases 2017

Use of Rapid Influenza Testing to Reduce Antibiotic Use Among Outpatients with Influenza-Like Illness, Southern Sri Lanka, Tillekeratne LG, Bodinayake CK, Nagahawatte A, Vidanagama D, Devasiri V, Kodikara Arachchi W, Kurukulasooriya R, De Silva D, Ostbye T, Reller ME, Woods CW.  2013- 2014. 25^thEuropean Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, April 2015.

High Rate of Antibiotic Prescriptions for Outpatients with Influenza-Like Illness in Southern Sri Lanka. Tillekeratne, LG, Bodinayake, CK, Nagahawatte, A, Vidanagama, D, Devasiri, V, Kodikara Arachchi, W, Kurukulasooriya, R, De Silva, D, Ostbye, T, Reller, ME, Woods, CW. ID Week, October 8-12 2014.