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  1. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in non-camelid domestic mammals

    Article • Emerging Microbes & Infections, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera, Mohamed Ali, yassmin moatasim, Malik Peiris

  2. Age-specific differences in the dynamics of protective immunity to influenza

    Article • May 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  3. Incidence of influenza A(H3N2) virus infections in Hong Kong in a longitudinal sero-epidemiological study, 2009-2015

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2018, PLOS

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  4. MERS coronaviruses from camels in Africa exhibit region-dependent genetic diversity

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2018, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  5. Immune Responses to Twice-Annual Influenza Vaccination in Older Adults in Hong Kong

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, October 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  6. Cross-sectional study of MERS-CoV-specific RNA and antibodies in animals that have had contact with MERS patients in Saudi Arabia

    Article • Journal of Infection and Public Health, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  7. MERS-CoV Antibody Responses 1 Year after Symptom Onset, South Korea, 2015

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2017, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  8. Longitudinal study of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus infection in dromedary camel herds in Saudi Arabia, 2014–2015

    Article • Emerging Microbes & Infections, June 2017, Nature

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  9. Relative incidence and individual-level severity of seasonal influenza A H3N2 compared with 2009 pandemic H1N1

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  10. Risk factors for MERS coronavirus infection in dromedary camels in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Morocco, 2015

    Article • Eurosurveillance, March 2017, European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  11. Coronavirus infections in horses in Saudi Arabia and Oman

    Article • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, March 2017, Wiley

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  12. A46 MERS-CoV in Arabian camels in Africa and Central Asia

    Article • Virus Evolution, March 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  13. Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Was Not Associated with Influenza Virus Infection in Children and Adults in Hong Kong, 2009–2010

    Article • Journal of Nutrition, October 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  14. Quantifying homologous and heterologous antibody titre rises after influenza virus infection

    Article • Epidemiology and Infection, March 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  15. Absence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Camelids, Kazakhstan, 2015

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, March 2016, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  16. Interpreting Seroepidemiologic Studies of Influenza in a Context of Nonbracketing Sera

    Article • Epidemiology, January 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  17. Comparability of neuraminidase inhibition antibody titers measured by enzyme-linked lectin assay (ELLA) for the analysis of influenza vaccine immunogenicity

    Article • Vaccine, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  18. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in dromedary camels in Nigeria, 2015

    Article • Eurosurveillance, December 2015, European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  19. Characteristics of Traveler with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, China, 2015

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  20. Asymptomatic MERS-CoV Infection in Humans Possibly Linked to Infected Dromedaries Imported from Oman to United Arab Emirates, May 2015

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  21. Kinetics of Serologic Responses to MERS Coronavirus Infection in Humans, South Korea

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, December 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  22. Comparison of serological assays in human Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-coronavirus infection

    Article • Eurosurveillance, October 2015, European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  23. Dromedary Camels and the Transmission of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

    Article • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, August 2015, Wiley

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  24. Absence of MERS-Coronavirus in Bactrian Camels, Southern Mongolia, November 2014

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  25. International Laboratory Comparison of Influenza Microneutralization Assays for A(H1N1)pdm09, A(H3N2), and A(H5N1) Influenza Viruses by CONSISE

    Article • Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, June 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  26. Determinants of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in Hong Kong

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, June 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  27. Lack of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Transmission from Infected Camels

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  28. Immunology and Immunopathology of emerging viral disease

    Article • Clinical Chemistry, March 2015, AACC

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera, Malik Peiris, Yoshihiro Kawaoka

  29. Passive Immunotherapy with Dromedary Immune Serum in an Experimental Animal Model for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection

    Article • Journal of Virology, March 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera, Malik Peiris

  30. MERS Coronavirus in Dromedary Camel Herd, Saudi Arabia

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2014, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  31. Seroepidemiology of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus in Saudi Arabia (1993) and Australia (2014) and characterisation of assay specificity

    Article • Eurosurveillance, June 2014, European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  32. MERS Coronaviruses in Dromedary Camels, Egypt

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2014, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  33. Incidence of Influenza Virus Infections in Children in Hong Kong in a 3-Year Randomized Placebo-Controlled Vaccine Study, 2009-2012

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  34. Multivariate analysis of factors affecting the immunogenicity of trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine in school-age children

    Article • Epidemiology and Infection, May 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  35. Inferring Influenza Infection Attack Rate from Seroprevalence Data

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, April 2014, PLOS

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  36. Association Between Antibody Titers and Protection Against Influenza Virus Infection Within Households

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, March 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  37. Comparison of two laboratory extraction techniques for the detection of Epstein-Barr virus in the saliva of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients

    Article • Journal of Investigative and Clinical Dentistry, December 2013, Wiley

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  38. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus seroprevalence in domestic livestock in Saudi Arabia, 2010 to 2013

    Article • Eurosurveillance, December 2013, European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  39. Seroepidemiology for MERS coronavirus using microneutralisation and pseudoparticle virus neutralisation assays reveal a high prevalence of antibody in dromedary camels in Egypt, June 2013

    Article • Eurosurveillance, September 2013, European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  40. Prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in adults undergoing highly active antiretroviral therapy in Hong Kong

    Article • Journal of Investigative and Clinical Dentistry, May 2012, Wiley

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera, Lakshman Samaranayake

  41. Seroconversion to Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus and Cross-Reactive Immunity to Other Swine Influenza Viruses

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, October 2011, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  42. Seroconversion to Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus and Cross-Reactive Immunity to Other Swine Influenza Viruses

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, October 2011, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  43. Salivary Epstein-Barr virus DNA level in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma following radiotherapy

    Article • Oral Oncology, September 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  44. Long-term evolution and transmission dynamics of swine influenza A virus

    Article • Nature, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Justin Bahl, Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  45. Identification of differential pharyngeal cytokine profiles during HIV infection

    Article • BMC Proceedings, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  46. Shedding dynamics of Epstein-Barr virus: A type 1 carcinogen

    Article • Archives of Oral Biology, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera, Lakshman Samaranayake

  47. Pattern of traumatic dental injuries in children attending the University Dental Hospital, Sri Lanka

    Article • Dental Traumatology, August 2008, Wiley

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera

  48. Epstein-barr virus shedding and cytokine alterations in the oropharynx during HIV-1 infection

    Article • The University of Hong Kong Libraries

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera, Lakshman Samaranayake

  49. Virologic and sero-epidemiological studies of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-COv) infections in dromedary camels in Nigeria

    Article • The University of Hong Kong Libraries

    Dr Ranawaka A.P.M Perera