Pub Date : 2023-02-28DOI: 10.4038/sljid.v13i1.8504
Jamtn Gunathilake, G. Rajapaksha, M. Gunatilake, Sasc Senanayake, KR Dayawansa, S. Gunawardena
{"title":"External ophthalmomyiasis by larvae of Oestrus ovis (sheep nasal botfly): Second case report from Sri Lanka","authors":"Jamtn Gunathilake, G. Rajapaksha, M. Gunatilake, Sasc Senanayake, KR Dayawansa, S. Gunawardena","doi":"10.4038/sljid.v13i1.8504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v13i1.8504","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32303,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases","volume":"60 23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90144258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-28DOI: 10.4038/sljid.v13i1.8488
Wkh Dheerasekara, Marv Muthugala, V. Liyanapathirana
{"title":"Epidemiology and diagnosis of viral and bacterial central nervous system infections in Sri Lanka: A Narrative review","authors":"Wkh Dheerasekara, Marv Muthugala, V. Liyanapathirana","doi":"10.4038/sljid.v13i1.8488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v13i1.8488","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32303,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72817136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-25DOI: 10.4038/sljid.v13i1.8501
S. Kalpana, N. Suganthan, N. Rajeshkannan, A. Arasalingam, J. Nalayini
Introduction: Sri Lanka adopted various control measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 including early detection by widespread testing, contact tracing and isolation. However, some people were not willing to accept testing due to several reasons. This is the first study from Sri Lanka conducted to determine people's level of willingness to undergo a COVID-19 swab test. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 427 non-COVID-19 patients who visited the outpatient department at a Teaching hospital in northern Sri Lanka. Data collection was done over a one month period in July 2021. The data collected was entered and analysed using SPSS version 28. Results: The mean age of the participants was 43.4, and a majority of the participants were female (62.8%). A significant proportion of the participants (37.9% CI: 34.3-43.6) were not willing to accept the test to screen for COVID-19. Among the 162 patients who were not willing to accept the test, 56.2% reported fear regarding testing, and 37.6% reported fear of getting a positive result. A significant association was observed between people's willingness to accept the test and their gender (P-0.022) and knowledge of the test (P-0.001). Conclusion: As a considerable proportion of participants were not willing to accept COVID-19 screen testing, and people's knowledge regarding testing significantly influenced their acceptance of such testing, this study concludes that the public can be educated further about the COVID-19 infection, identifying the symptoms of disease by themselves, available testing methods, the importance of testing early and how they will be treated if they get positive test results.
{"title":"Factors influencing patients’ willingness to test for COVID-19: a cross sectional study amongst non COVID-19 patients at the Teaching Hospital in Jaffna, Sri Lanka","authors":"S. Kalpana, N. Suganthan, N. Rajeshkannan, A. Arasalingam, J. Nalayini","doi":"10.4038/sljid.v13i1.8501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v13i1.8501","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Sri Lanka adopted various control measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 including early detection by widespread testing, contact tracing and isolation. However, some people were not willing to accept testing due to several reasons. This is the first study from Sri Lanka conducted to determine people's level of willingness to undergo a COVID-19 swab test. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 427 non-COVID-19 patients who visited the outpatient department at a Teaching hospital in northern Sri Lanka. Data collection was done over a one month period in July 2021. The data collected was entered and analysed using SPSS version 28. Results: The mean age of the participants was 43.4, and a majority of the participants were female (62.8%). A significant proportion of the participants (37.9% CI: 34.3-43.6) were not willing to accept the test to screen for COVID-19. Among the 162 patients who were not willing to accept the test, 56.2% reported fear regarding testing, and 37.6% reported fear of getting a positive result. A significant association was observed between people's willingness to accept the test and their gender (P-0.022) and knowledge of the test (P-0.001). Conclusion: As a considerable proportion of participants were not willing to accept COVID-19 screen testing, and people's knowledge regarding testing significantly influenced their acceptance of such testing, this study concludes that the public can be educated further about the COVID-19 infection, identifying the symptoms of disease by themselves, available testing methods, the importance of testing early and how they will be treated if they get positive test results.","PeriodicalId":32303,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85794381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-25DOI: 10.4038/sljid.v13i1.8494
K. Lõivukene, K. Kermes, E. Sepp, P. Naaber, R. Mändar, S. Kõljalg
{"title":"Trends in the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility of anaerobic Gram-negative bacteria causing clinical infections in Estonia","authors":"K. Lõivukene, K. Kermes, E. Sepp, P. Naaber, R. Mändar, S. Kõljalg","doi":"10.4038/sljid.v13i1.8494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v13i1.8494","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32303,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80730600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-25DOI: 10.4038/sljid.v13i1.8505
H. Priyadarshani, S. Arunasalam, Faseeha Noordeen
{"title":"Knowledge, attitude and practices towards human papillomavirus infection, vaccination and cervical cancer among paramedical students at a Sri Lankan University","authors":"H. Priyadarshani, S. Arunasalam, Faseeha Noordeen","doi":"10.4038/sljid.v13i1.8505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v13i1.8505","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32303,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73477926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.4038/sljid.v12i0.8552
D. Dhanapala, K. Ananda, R. Kalupahana, A. Kalupahana, A. Silva-Fletcher, S. D. S. De S Jagoda
{"title":"Occurrence of multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas species in freshwater ornamental fish and associated aquatic environment in Sri Lanka","authors":"D. Dhanapala, K. Ananda, R. Kalupahana, A. Kalupahana, A. Silva-Fletcher, S. D. S. De S Jagoda","doi":"10.4038/sljid.v12i0.8552","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v12i0.8552","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32303,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75831113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.4038/sljid.v12i0.8564
H. Thenuka, K. Randula, N. M. Niroskhan, N. Arachchige, M. Peiris, D. Samarakoon
{"title":"Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical constituents of Plumbago zeylanica plant extracts","authors":"H. Thenuka, K. Randula, N. M. Niroskhan, N. Arachchige, M. Peiris, D. Samarakoon","doi":"10.4038/sljid.v12i0.8564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v12i0.8564","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32303,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases","volume":"146 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88634672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.4038/sljid.v12i0.8553
M. T. A. Manathunga, H. Jinadasa, D. Dissanayake
{"title":"Occurrence of methicillin-resistant staphylococci in Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Peradeniya","authors":"M. T. A. Manathunga, H. Jinadasa, D. Dissanayake","doi":"10.4038/sljid.v12i0.8553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v12i0.8553","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32303,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86572854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.4038/sljid.v12i0.8557
S. Shihab, B. N. Iqbal, S. Arunasalam, Faseeha Noordeen
{"title":"Quality and quantity of RNA extracts and the correlation between gross RNA load and the Ct values in a real time RT-PCR used for the detection of SARS CoV-2","authors":"S. Shihab, B. N. Iqbal, S. Arunasalam, Faseeha Noordeen","doi":"10.4038/sljid.v12i0.8557","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v12i0.8557","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32303,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78722821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-31DOI: 10.4038/sljid.v12i0.8550
A. Briyangari
{"title":"Cerebrospinal nematodiasis in goats brought to the Veterinary Surgeon’s Office, Nallur, Jaffna: A retrospective study","authors":"A. Briyangari","doi":"10.4038/sljid.v12i0.8550","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/sljid.v12i0.8550","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32303,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases","volume":"114 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77920734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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