By Dr Chaturaka Rodrigo

Journal articles

Rodrigo C; Sheriff R; Rajapakse S; Lanerolle RD; Sheriff R, 2010, 'A two-year retrospective analysis of renal transplant patients in Sri Lanka', Indian Journal of Transplantation, 4, pp. 15 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2212-0017(11)60042-7

Rajapakse S; Rodrigo C; Wijewickrema ES, 2009, 'Management of Sepsis-Induced Acute Kidney Injury', Sri Lanka Journal of Critical Care, 1, pp. 3 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljcc.v1i1.937

Rodrigo C; Rajapakse S, 2009, 'Current Status of HIV/AIDS in South Asia', JOURNAL OF GLOBAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1, pp. 93 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.56249

Rodrigo C; Muhuthar R, 2009, 'Acceptance of ligation and resection of tubes for contraception in Sri Lanka', Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 35, pp. 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1783/147118909789587231

Rajapakse S; Rodrigo C; Rajapakse A; Kirthinanda D; Wijeratne S, 2009, 'Renal replacement therapy in sepsis-induced acute renal failure.', Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia, 20, pp. 553 - 559

Rodrigo C; Rajapakse S, 2009, 'Cannabis and schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a review of clinical studies.', Indian J Psychol Med, 31, pp. 62 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.63575

Conference Papers

Withana MR; Herath TB; Rodrigo C; Gamage C; Gamage R, 2016, 'Bradykinesia, low monthly income and current employment are associated with depression in patients with Parkinson's disease: Results of a study from Sri Lanka', in MOVEMENT DISORDERS, WILEY-BLACKWELL, GERMANY, Berlin, pp. S483 - S483, presented at 20th International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, GERMANY, Berlin, 19 June 2016 - 23 June 2016, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000382559802228&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Herath T; Withana M; Rodrigo C; Gamage R; Gamge C, 2016, 'Prevalence and associations for depression in patients with Parkinson's disease: A Sri Lankan experience', in MOVEMENT DISORDERS, WILEY-BLACKWELL, PHILIPPINES, Manila, pp. S33 - S35, presented at 5th Asian and Oceanian Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Congress, PHILIPPINES, Manila, 11 March 2016 - 13 March 2016, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000372807900058&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Presentations

Adhikari A; Rodrigo C; Bull R; Tedla N, 2021, 'Increase in antibody-dependent phagocytosis in a subset of HCV patients with anti-envelope antibodies', presented at 16th National Scientific Workshop of the Australian Center for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research, Bowral, Australia

Sigera C; Weeratunga P; de Silva NL; Fernando D; Rodrigo C; Rajapakse S, 2021, 'Rational use of ultrasonography with triaging of patients to detect dengue plasma leakage in resource limited settings: a prospective cohort study', presented at ECCMID 2021, Vienna, Austria

Sazzad H; Arroyo B; Bull R; Lloyd A; Rodrigo C, 2021, 'Optimised approach for high throughput hepatitis C virus amplification for transmission cluster identification in Australian prisons', presented at 16th National Scientific Workshop of the Australian Center for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research, Bowral, Australia

Sigera C; Weeratunga P; de Silva NL; Fernando D; Rodrigo C; Rajapakse S, 2021, 'Post-viral fatigue in dengue infection', presented at ECCMID 2021, Vienna Austria

Fourati S; Rodrigo C; Pawlotsky J; SHARED C, 2020, 'Characteristics of Resistance Associated Substitutions (RASs) in “unusual” HCV subtypes: a worldwide network of HCV resistance database', presented at ECCMID 2020, Paris France

Fourati S; Rodrigo C; Pawlotsky J; SHARED Collaborators , 2020, 'HCV resistance patterns in a large international cohort of DAA-naïve and -experienced patients with GT3a infection', presented at ECCMID 2020, Paris, France

Sigera C; Weeratunga P; de Silva NL; Rajapakse S; Rodrigo C; Fernando D, 2020, 'Post-viral fatigue in dengue infection', presented at 133rd Annual Conference of the Sri Lanka Medical Association

Howe A; Rodrigo C; Harrigan R; SHARED C, 2020, 'Real-world drug resistance profile of hepatitis C patients who failed direct-acting antivirals: SHARED', presented at ECCMID 2020, Paris France

Rodrigo C; Cochran B; Herbert C; Thomas S; Polly P, 2020, 'Remote delivery of a digitized course; success at time of crisis', presented at Teaching and Learning Forum, UNSW, UNSW Sydney

Rodrigo C; Leung P; Adikari T; Riaz N; Bull R; Sigera C; Weeratunga P; Rajapakse S; Lloyd A; Fernando D, 2020, 'Resolving within-host, full length, dengue virus variants without haplotype reconstruction using Oxford Nanopore Technology', presented at ECCMID 2020, Paris, France

Rodrigo C; Riaz N; Adikari T; Sigera C; Rajapakse S; Fernando D; Weeratunga P; Fink K; Bull R; Luciani F; Lloyd A, 2019, 'A single nested PCR method for full length dengue virus genome amplification', presented at 7th European Congress of Virology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Rodrigo C; Leung P; Bull R; Lloyd A; Luciani F, 2019, 'Using networks to study epistatic interactions of HCV', presented at 14th Scientific Workship of the Australian Center for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research, Canungra, Australia

Riaz N; Bull R; Leung P; Smith M; Barton K; Lloyd A; Rodrigo C, 2019, 'Whole genome long read sequencing of Hepatitis C virus and its applications', presented at 14th National Scientific Workshop of the Australian Center for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research, Canungra, Australia

Abayasingam A; Leung P; Luciani F; Bull R; Lloyd A; Rodrigo C, 2018, 'Challenges in characterizing hepatitis C virus founder variants with deep sequencing', presented at 13th National Scientific Workshop of the Australian Center for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research

Rodrigo C; Eltahla A; Bull R; Luciani F; Lloyd A, 2018, 'Genetic variability of Hepatitis C quasi-species in early infection', presented at Global Hepatitis Summit, Toronto, Canada

Rodrigo C; Eltahla A; Bull R; Luciani F; Lloyd A, 2018, 'Host IFNλ3 genotype and viral genotype are key determinants of within-host HCV genomic variation in early infection', presented at 13th National Scientific Workshop of the Australian Center for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research, Yarra Valley, Australia

Herath T; Udeshika W; Samarawickrama S; Yogendranathan N; Jayamali W; Kulatunga A; Rodrigo C, 2018, 'Prediction of Dengue critical phase in resource limited settings using clinical features and basic investigations', presented at Annual academic sessions of Ceylon College of Physicians, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Rodrigo C; Tedla N; Polly P; Herbert C; Thomas S; Velan G; Saunders D, 2018, 'Using narratives to teach Pathology', presented at Teaching and Learning Forum, UNSW, UNSW Sydney

Rodrigo C; Eltahla A; Bull R; Luciani F; Lloyd A, 2017, 'Establishment of InC3 viral sequence repository and its applications', presented at 12th National Scientific Workshop of the Australian Center for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research, Barossa Valley, Australia

Fernando D; Mallawarachchi C; Booso R; Dharmawardana P; Harintheran A; Rodrigo C; Dewapriya M, 2016, 'An outbreak of malaria among Sri Lankan security forces personnel deployed in Central African Republic: a case study and lessons learnt', presented at Annual Research Symposium, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Rodrigo C; Eltahla A; Bull R; Lloyd A; Luciani F, 2016, 'Bayesian evolutionary analysis of hepatitis C epidemic in Australia and North America in 20th century', presented at Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference, GoldCoast, Australia

Rodrigo C; Eltahla A; Bull R; Lloyd A; Luciani F, 2016, 'Bayesian evolutionary analysis of hepatitis C epidemic in Australia and North America in 20th century', presented at International conference in Systems Biology, Barcelona, Spain

Rodrigo C; Eltahla A; Bull R; Lloyd A; Luciani F, 2016, 'Broadly neutralizing antibodies against hepatitis C envelope; using a network approach to understand co-evolution of critical residues', presented at International conference in Systems Biology, Barcelona, Spain

Rodrigo C; Bretana N; Luciani F; Lloyd A; Bull R, 2016, 'Examining past and future hepatitis C virus epidemic trends in the era of directly acting antivirals', presented at Australian Society of Microbiology annual scientific meeting, Perth, Australia

Rodrigo C; Eltahla A; Bull R; Luciani F; Lloyd A, 2016, 'Molecular epidemiology of full length hepatitis C virus genomes among injecting drug users with recent infection: The InC3 study', presented at 5th International Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users, Oslo, Norway

Rodrigo C; Eltahla A; Bull R; Luciani F; Lloyd A, 2016, 'Trends of Hepatitis C virus infections in North America and Australia in 20th century; back projections from molecular epidemiology', presented at 5th International Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users, Oslo, Norway

Rajapakse S; Weerathunga P; Rodrigo C; Niloofa R; de Silva HJ; Fernando N; Sriharan S; Premawansa S; Karunanayake L; Handunetti S, 2015, 'A diagnostic model for leptospirosis for use in resource limited settings', presented at 128th Annual Sri Lanka Medical Association Sessions, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Leung P; Walker M; Rodrigo C; Eltahla A; Bull R; Lloyd A; Luciani F, 2015, 'A network approach for the identification of co-evolving mutations in Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in the context of immune escape against neutralizing antibody responses', presented at COMBINE Student Symposium, Sydney, Australia

Rodrigo C; Ainan S; Fernando D; Jayanetti SR; Premaratne R; Rajapakse S, 2015, 'Challenges to malaria surveillance following elimination of indigenous transmission: findings from a hospital based study in rural Sri Lanka', presented at 128th Sri Lanka Medical Association Sessions, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Walker M; Leung P; Rodrigo C; Eltahla A; Lloyd A; Foung S; Luciani F; Bull R, 2015, 'Characterizing neutralizing antibody responses targeting founder virus in early primary HCV infection with varying disease outcome', presented at International Symposium on Hepatitis C virus and related viruses, Strasbourg, France

Rajapakse S; Weerathunga P; Rodrigo C; Sriharan S; Niloofa R; Karunanyake L; Premawanse S; de Silva HJ; Handunetti S, 2015, 'Clinical and laboratory associations of severity in a Sri Lankan cohort of patients with serologically confirmed leptospirosis – a prospective study', presented at Annual Sri Lanka Medical Association Sessions, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Rajapakse S; Weerathunga P; Rodrigo C; Sriharan S; Niloofa R; Fernando N; Premawansa S; Karunanayake L; Handunetti S, 2015, 'Clinico-epidemiological characteristics, treatment and outcomes of patients with confirmed leptospirosis in a Sri Lankan healthcare setting', presented at 128th Annual Sri Lanka Medical Association Sessions, Colombo, Sri Lanks

Rodrigo C; Eltahla A; Bull R; Luciani F; Lloyd A, 2015, 'Global molecular epidemiology of acute hepatitis infection via phylogenetic analysis of full length genomes across nine international cohorts', presented at 11th National Scientific Workshop of the Australian Center for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research, Hunter Valley, Australia

Rodrigo C; Rajapakse S, 2015, 'High default rates for treatment of depression in the periphery', presented at 23rd European Psychiatry Association Congress, Vienna, Austria

Leung P; Walker M; Rodrigo C; Eltahla A; Bull R; Lloyd A; Luciani F, 2015, 'Identification of co-evolving mutations of the Hepatitis C virus in the context of immune escape against neutralizing antibody responses using a bioinformatics workflow', presented at 8th Australasian virology society meeting, Hunter Valley, Australia

Rodrigo C; de Silva N; Gunaratne R; Rajapakse S; de Silva V; Hanwella R, 2015, 'Lower estimated glomerular filtration rates in patients on long term Lithium. A comparative study and a meta-analysis of literature', presented at 23rd European Psychiatry Association Congress, Vienna, Austria

Eltahla A; Rodrigo C; Bull R; Luciani F; Lloyd A, 2015, 'Natural prevalence of HCV resistance associated variants in treatment naïve patients across six genotypes', presented at 11th National Scientific Workshop of the Australian Center for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research, Hunter Valley, Australia

de Silva N; Parththipan B; Rodrigo C; Fernando D; Constantine G; Rajapakse S, 2015, 'Peer assisted learning: experience from a medical school in Sri Lanka', presented at 10th Annual conference of the Sri Lanka Association for improving higher education effectiveness, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Rodrigo C; de Silva N; Parththipan B; Fernando D; Constantine G; Rajapakse S, 2015, 'Peer assisted learning: experience from a medical school in Sri Lanka', presented at 12th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference and 3rd International Conference on Faculty Development in the Health Professions, Singapore

Walker M; Leung P; Eltahla A; Rodrigo C; Luciani F; Foung S; Lloyd A; Bull R, 2015, 'Understanding the timing, breadth and potency of neutralising antibody responses against transmitted/founders', presented at 11th National Scientific Workshop of the Australian Center for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research, Hunter Valley, Australia

Rodrigo C; Welgama S; Wijeratne T; Rajapakse S; Jayananda G, 2014, 'A low cost intervention of using non specialist staff in preventing relapses of schizophrenia', presented at 22nd European Psychiatry Association Congress, Munich, Germany

Rodrigo C; Withana M; Maduranga S; Fernando D; Rajapakse S, 2014, 'Accessing medical knowledge for evidence based practice: changing trends in a developing country', presented at Annual Research Symposium, University of Colombo

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