Whole genome sequencing data of Leptospira weilii and Leptospira kirschneri isolated from human subjects of Sri Lanka

Autor: Indika Senavirathna, Dinesha Jayasundara, Janith Warnasekara, Michael A. Matthias, Joseph M. Vinetz, Suneth Agampodi

Publikováno v: Data in Brief, Vol 52, Iss , Pp 109840- (2024)

Leptospirosis is a re-emerging zoonotic disease. This article reports the complete genome sequences of three novel strains of Genus Leptospira: two from the species Leptospira weilii (FMAS_RT1, FMAS_PD2) and one from Leptospira kirschneri (FMAS_PN5).

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Demographic, exposure, clinical, biochemical and diagnostic data of febrile patients recruited for the largest field study on leptospirosis in Sri Lanka

Autor: Suneth Agampodi, Janith Warnasekara, Sisira Siribaddana, SAM Kularatna, Chandika Gamage, Dinesha Jayasundara, Indika Senevirathna, Shalka Srimantha, Chamila Kappagoda, Prasanna Weerawansa, Senaka Pilapitiya, Niroshan Lokunarangoda, Chamara Sarathchandra, Hemal Senanayake, Michael Matthias, Joseph Vinetz

Publikováno v: Data in Brief, Vol 43, Iss , Pp 108378- (2022)

This dataset includes data from febrile patients recruited for a large hospital-based study in Sri Lanka from 2016 to 2019. The variables include primary socio-demographic data, exposure data, clinical data, biochemical and investigation data. Some o

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/d7ea556bffef47a5867c24a25b4ec18f

Optimizing the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) panel for the diagnosis of Leptospirosis in a low resource, hyper-endemic setting with varied microgeographic variation in reactivity.

Autor: Dinesha Jayasundara, Chandika Gamage, Indika Senavirathna, Janith Warnasekara, Michael A Matthias, Joseph M Vinetz, Suneth Agampodi

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 7, p e0009565 (2021)

The microscopic agglutination test (MAT) is the standard serological reference test for the diagnosis of leptospirosis, despite being a technically demanding and laborious procedure. The use of a locally optimised MAT panel is considered essential fo

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/32782052a087490eb75d938a166eb969

12 Novel clonal groups of Leptospira infecting humans in multiple contrasting epidemiological contexts in Sri Lanka.

Autor: Dinesha Jayasundara, Indika Senavirathna, Janith Warnasekara, Chandika Gamage, Sisira Siribaddana, Senanayake Abeysinghe Mudiyanselage Kularatne, Michael Matthias, Jean-François Mariet, Mathieu Picardeau, Suneth Agampodi, Joseph M Vinetz

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 3, p e0009272 (2021)

Leptospirosis is a ubiquitous zoonotic disease and a major clinical challenge owing to the multitude of clinical presentations and manifestations that are possibly attributable to the diversity of Leptospira, the understanding of which is key to stud

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/4f69c6e0e4324656b6bf8c73b0d07879

12 Novel clonal groups of Leptospira infecting humans in multiple contrasting epidemiological contexts in Sri Lanka

Autor: Michael A. Matthias, Dinesha Jayasundara, Chandika D. Gamage, Jean-Francois Mariet, Senanayake A. M. Kularatne, Indika Senavirathna, Suneth Agampodi, Janith Warnasekara, Joseph M. Vinetz, Sisira Siribaddana, Mathieu Picardeau

Publikováno v: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021, 15 (3), pp.e0009272. ⟨10.1371/journal.pntd.0009272⟩
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 15, Iss 3, p e0009272 (2021)

Leptospirosis is a ubiquitous zoonotic disease and a major clinical challenge owing to the multitude of clinical presentations and manifestations that are possibly attributable to the diversity of Leptospira, the understanding of which is key to stud

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