{"id":75,"date":"2025-12-02T14:25:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.jfn.ac.lk\/mls\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2026-01-19T09:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:54:10","slug":"medical-laboratory-science-mls-publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ahs.jfn.ac.lk\/mls\/medical-laboratory-science-mls-publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS) Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"75\" class=\"elementor elementor-75\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ea1923 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9ea1923\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-862eb71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"862eb71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS) Publications<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec70cfa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ec70cfa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49b1c5c e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"49b1c5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"77274204\" aria-label=\"Tabs. 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Prevalence and associated factors of soil transmitted helminthes infestation among preschool children of Vadamaradchi Educational Zone. Ving. Journal of Science 10 (1), 25-34.<\/li><li>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.<\/li><li>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.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-772742042\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-772742042\" data-tab-index=\"2\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-fba049f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fba049f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c16748c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c16748c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Aravinda, I., Dharmasiri, S., Sewwandi, C., Karunaithas, S., Goonetilleke, S. &amp; <strong>Rasaratnam, K.<\/strong> (2026) \u2018Population-adjusted cut-off: A new approach for enhancing the diagnostic efficacy of hematological discrimination formulae for screening \u03b2-Thalassemia trait\u2019. Clinica Chimica Acta, 579120592. Available at: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cca.2025.120592.<\/li><li>Rattanapan, Y., Chulrik, W.,\u00a0<strong>Rasaratnam, K<\/strong>. &amp; Duangchan, T. (2025) \u2018Association Between ABO or Rh Blood Groups and Chikungunya Virus Infection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis\u2019.\u00a0Medicina (Kaunas), 61(8): Available at: 10.3390\/medicina61081316.<\/li><li><strong>Aravinth, P.,<\/strong> Withanage, N. &amp; Athiththan, L. (2025) &#8216;Advantages of Next-Generation Technologies in Comparison to Standard and Commonly Used Methods in the Identification of Colonized Bacteria in the Herniated Lumbar Disc&#8217;. Cellular Microbiology, 2025(1): 8754973. Available at: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1155\/cmi\/8754973.<\/li><li>Mufeena, M. M. F., Wathooth, A. M. A., Ashra, M. R. F., <strong>Mafras, F. S.S<\/strong>, Jayathilake, J. A. M. S., Ramachandran, R., Thayalini, T &amp; <strong>Gnanakarunyan, T. J.<\/strong> (2025). \u2018Evaluation of the antibacterial activity of Camellia sinensis (green tea) extract against Streptococcus mutans\u2019. Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 14. Available at: 10.4038\/sljid.v14i5.8788.<\/li><li>Thangarajah, B. u. e. w. d. R., <strong>Gnanakarunyan, T. J.,<\/strong> Ramachandran, R., <strong>Kajenthirasenan, L.,<\/strong> University of Jaffna. M.R.H, R., Madubashini Weerasinghe, S. &amp; Dissanayake, H. H. K. P. (2025) &#8216;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&#8217;. Kidney International Reports, 10(2): S760. Available at: 10.1016\/j.ekir.2024.11.1344.<\/li><li><strong>Balakittnen, J.,<\/strong> 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. &amp; Punyadeera, C. (2024) &#8216;A novel saliva-based miRNA profile to diagnose and predict oral cancer&#8217;. International Journal of Oral Science, 16(1): 14. Available at: 10.1038\/s41368-023-00273-w.<\/li><li>Aneez, F. A., Shariffdeen, N., Haleem, F. A., Thangarajah, B. R. &amp;\u00a0<strong>Rasaratnam, K<\/strong>. (2024) \u2018Correlation between neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and platelet to lymphocyte ratio with proteinuria in different stages of chronic kidney disease\u2019.\u00a0The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 36(1): 6. Available at: 10.1186\/s43162-023-00270-9.<\/li><li><strong>Balakittnen, J.,<\/strong> Weeramange, C. E., Wallace, D. F., Duijf, P. H. G., Cristino, A. S., Kenny, L., Vasani, S. &amp; Punyadeera, C. (2023) &#8216;Noncoding RNAs in oral cancer&#8217;. Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA, 14(3): e1754. Available at: 10.1002\/wrna.1754.<\/li><li><strong>Rasaratnam, K<\/strong>., Nantasenamat, C., Phaonakrop, N., Roytrakul, S. &amp; Tanyong, D. (2021) \u2018A novel peptide isolated from garlic shows anticancer effect against leukemic cell lines via interaction with Bcl-2 family proteins\u2019.\u00a0Chem Biol Drug Des, 97(5): 1017-1028. Available at: 10.1111\/cbdd.13831.<\/li><li><strong>Mafras, F. S. S<\/strong>. (2021). \u2018Comparing 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.<\/li><li>Balakittnen J, Kesavan V, &amp; 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.<\/li><li>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.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-772742043\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-772742043\" data-tab-index=\"3\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-db0fc67 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db0fc67\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-772742044\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-772742044\" data-tab-index=\"4\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 4;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-1cee453 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1cee453\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-772742045\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-772742045\" data-tab-index=\"5\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 5;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-836bc5b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"836bc5b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f2ead0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f2ead0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Salivary Micro-RNA Panel for the Diagnosis and Prediction of Oral Cancer, Punyadeera C., <strong>Balakittnen J.,<\/strong> Weeramange C., PCT\/AU2024\/050698. 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