Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS) Publications

Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS) Publications

  • R Karunaithas , A Murugananthan and S Kannathasan (2012). Prevalence and associated factors of soil transmitted helminthes infestation among preschool children of Vadamaradchi Educational Zone. Ving. Journal of Science 10 (1), 25-34.
  • Mahalingam U, Thirunavukarasu K, Murugananthan K. (2014). Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus among nurses in a tertiary care hospital in northern Sri Lanka. Ceylon Medical Journal. 59(2):63-5.
  • Iyampillai T, Michael JS, Mathai E, Mathews MS. (2004). Use of CHROMagar medium in the differentiation of Candida species: is it cost-effective in developing countries? Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 98(3):279-82.
  • Aravinda, I., Dharmasiri, S., Sewwandi, C., Karunaithas, S., Goonetilleke, S. & Rasaratnam, K. (2026) ‘Population-adjusted cut-off: A new approach for enhancing the diagnostic efficacy of hematological discrimination formulae for screening β-Thalassemia trait’. Clinica Chimica Acta, 579120592. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cca.2025.120592.
  • Rattanapan, Y., Chulrik, W., Rasaratnam, K. & Duangchan, T. (2025) ‘Association Between ABO or Rh Blood Groups and Chikungunya Virus Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis’. Medicina (Kaunas), 61(8): Available at: 10.3390/medicina61081316.
  • Aravinth, P., Withanage, N. & Athiththan, L. (2025) ‘Advantages of Next-Generation Technologies in Comparison to Standard and Commonly Used Methods in the Identification of Colonized Bacteria in the Herniated Lumbar Disc’. Cellular Microbiology, 2025(1): 8754973. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1155/cmi/8754973.
  • Mufeena, M. M. F., Wathooth, A. M. A., Ashra, M. R. F., Mafras, F. S.S, Jayathilake, J. A. M. S., Ramachandran, R., Thayalini, T & Gnanakarunyan, T. J. (2025). ‘Evaluation of the antibacterial activity of Camellia sinensis (green tea) extract against Streptococcus mutans’. Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 14. Available at: 10.4038/sljid.v14i5.8788.
  • Thangarajah, B. u. e. w. d. R., Gnanakarunyan, T. J., Ramachandran, R., Kajenthirasenan, L., University of Jaffna. M.R.H, R., Madubashini Weerasinghe, S. & Dissanayake, H. H. K. P. (2025) ‘WCN25-4006 Incidence of pyuria, culture positivity and antibiotic sensitivity of isolated pyuria and associated factors among chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients attending Nephrology clinic, Teaching hospital Jaffna, Sri Lanka’. Kidney International Reports, 10(2): S760. Available at: 10.1016/j.ekir.2024.11.1344.
  • Balakittnen, J., Ekanayake Weeramange, C., Wallace, D. F., Duijf, P. H. G., Cristino, A. S., Hartel, G., Barrero, R. A., Taheri, T., Kenny, L., Vasani, S., Batstone, M., Breik, O. & Punyadeera, C. (2024) ‘A novel saliva-based miRNA profile to diagnose and predict oral cancer’. International Journal of Oral Science, 16(1): 14. Available at: 10.1038/s41368-023-00273-w.
  • Aneez, F. A., Shariffdeen, N., Haleem, F. A., Thangarajah, B. R. & Rasaratnam, K. (2024) ‘Correlation between neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and platelet to lymphocyte ratio with proteinuria in different stages of chronic kidney disease’. The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 36(1): 6. Available at: 10.1186/s43162-023-00270-9.
  • Balakittnen, J., Weeramange, C. E., Wallace, D. F., Duijf, P. H. G., Cristino, A. S., Kenny, L., Vasani, S. & Punyadeera, C. (2023) ‘Noncoding RNAs in oral cancer’. Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA, 14(3): e1754. Available at: 10.1002/wrna.1754.
  • Rasaratnam, K., Nantasenamat, C., Phaonakrop, N., Roytrakul, S. & Tanyong, D. (2021) ‘A novel peptide isolated from garlic shows anticancer effect against leukemic cell lines via interaction with Bcl-2 family proteins’. Chem Biol Drug Des, 97(5): 1017-1028. Available at: 10.1111/cbdd.13831.
  • Mafras, F. S. S. (2021). ‘Comparing the effect of delayed serum separation on creatinine measurement by and Sarcosine Oxidase enzymatic methods with different time and temperature. Sri Lankan Journal of Technology, 2(02):1-5.
  • Balakittnen J, Kesavan V, & Karthigesu, K. (2018). Correlation between Plasma and Salivary Glucose Levels on Diabetic Patients Attending Diabetic Center at Teaching Hospital , Jaffna, Third Annual Academic Sessions 2018, College of Chemical Pathologists of Sri lanka.
  • S Sivalingam, V Kesavan, R surenthirakumaran, S Balakumar: Comparison of dipstick and manual method for urine pH, sugar and protein in patients attending Out-patient departments laboratory, Teaching Hospital, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, KDU International Research Conference 2017.
  • Salivary Micro-RNA Panel for the Diagnosis and Prediction of Oral Cancer, Punyadeera C., Balakittnen J., Weeramange C., PCT/AU2024/050698. This patent has been licensed to Calaris Diagnostics for commercialisation
  • Protocol of isolating antileukemic peptide from Garlic. Dalina Tanyong, Karunaithas Rasaratnam, Sittiruk Roytrakul. Received from the Department of Intellectual Property, Thailand (No. 2103001102).