Rewriting the history of leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: An untold story since 1904. (2022)
Journal Article
Nuwangi, H., Weerakoon, K., Agampodi, T., Price, H., Dikomitis, L., & Agampodi, S. (2022). Rewriting the history of leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: An untold story since 1904. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, e0010918 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010918

Leishmaniasis is widely considered a disease that emerged in Sri Lanka in the 1990s. However, a comprehensive case report from 1904 suggests that the presence of Leishmaniasis was well demonstrated in Sri Lanka long before that. The Annual Administra... Read More about Rewriting the history of leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: An untold story since 1904..

Alteration of the expression of sirtuins and var genes by heat shock in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum (2022)
Journal Article
Anagu, L. O., Hulse, D. R., Horrocks, P. D., & Chakravorty, S. J. (2022). Alteration of the expression of sirtuins and var genes by heat shock in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 111458 - 111458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molbiopara.2022.111458

Background
In Plasmodium falciparum the monoallelic expression of var virulence genes is regulated through epigenetic mechanisms. A study in the Gambia showed that an increase in var gene expression is associated with fever, high blood lactate with... Read More about Alteration of the expression of sirtuins and var genes by heat shock in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.