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Biography

Current Post: Medical Officer-Public Health:Teaching Hospital-Peradeniya.
Previous Posts:
Medical Officer-Internal Medicine: National Hospital -Kandy (former name; TH Kandy).
Medical Officer-Sirimavo Bandaranaike Specialized Childrens Hospital (The first doctor to join this hospital, held several posts).
Medical Officer Anesthesiology:Teaching Hospital-Peradeniya.
Medical Officer Anesthesiology:National Hospital -Kandy.
Intern Medical Officer in internal medicine /surgery:National Hospital -Kandy.
Demonstrator (Academic staff): Faculty of Medicine, Peradeniya University.

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The Teaching (General) Hospital-Peradeniya: Peradeniya, LK

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N.D.B. Ehelepola

Works (21)

Vaccine Breakthrough COVID-19 Outbreak in Section of a Hospital with 88% Attack Rate: Lessons to Be Learned

COVID
2023-02-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/covid3020017
Contributors: N. D. B. Ehelepola; B. A. S. Wijewardana
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An episode of transmission of COVID-19 from a vaccinated healthcare worker to co-workers

Infectious Diseases
2022-04-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2021.2002929
Contributors: N. D. B. Ehelepola; B. A. S. Wijewardana
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The correlation between three teleconnections and leptospirosis incidence in the Kandy District, Sri Lanka, 2004–2019

Tropical Medicine and Health
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s41182-021-00325-z
Contributors: N. D. B. Ehelepola; Kusalika Ariyaratne; A. M. S. M. C. M. Aththanayake; Kamalanath Samarakoon; H. M. Arjuna Thilakarathna
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The interrelationship between meteorological parameters and leptospirosis incidence in Hambantota district, Sri Lanka 2008–2017 and practical implications

PLOS ONE
2021-01-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245366
Contributors: N. D. B. Ehelepola; Ulrike Gertrud Munderloh; Kusalika Ariyaratne; D. S. Dissanayake
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An Atypical Case of Rickettsial Spotted Fever Myocarditis Mimicking Weil’s Disease

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
2019-07-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1155/2019/9620245
Contributors: N. D. B. Ehelepola; G. D. N. R. Kumara; S. A. C. S. Sapurugala; W. M. N. P. Buddhadasa; Wasantha P. Dissanayake
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An Atypical Clinical Manifestation of a Hump-Nosed Pit Viper Envenomation

Case Reports in Medicine
2019-04-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1155/2019/4172395
Contributors: N. D. B. Ehelepola; C. N. Karunathilaka; G. L. H. S. Liyanage; W. A. C. B. Wickramaarachchi; J. R. P. U. Samarathunga; Wasantha P. Dissanayake
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The correlation between local weather and leptospirosis incidence in Kandy district, Sri Lanka from 2006 to 2015

Global Health Action
2019-01-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2018.1553283
Contributors: N. D. B. Ehelepola; Kusalika Ariyaratne; Wasantha P. Dissanayake
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Two Atypical Cases of Hantavirus Infections from Sri Lanka

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1155/2018/4069862
Contributors: N. D. B. Ehelepola; B. M. L. S. Basnayake; S. M. B. Y. Sathkumara; K. L. R. Kaluphana
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A vegetable-induced hemolytic crisis in a G6PD deficient person: a case report

BMC Research Notes
2018-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-018-3286-9
Contributors: N. D. B. Ehelepola; A. N. Abayagunawardana; T. N. Sudusinghe
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Concurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septicemia and pyomyositis in a patient with dengue hemorrhagic fever: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases
2018-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-3012-1
Contributors: N. D. B. Ehelepola; R. K. G. M. Rajapaksha; D. M. U. B. Dhanapala; T. D. K. Thennekoon; S. Ponnamperuma
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An Analysis of a Dengue Outbreak at a Large Hospital and Epidemiological Evidence for Nosocomial Dengue

Journal of Tropical Medicine
2018-06-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1155/2018/9579086
Contributors: N. D. B. Ehelepola; W. M. C. M. Wijesinghe
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The association between local meteorological changes and exacerbation of acute wheezing in Kandy, Sri Lanka

Global Health Action
2018-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2018.1482998
Contributors: N. D. B. Ehelepola; Kusalika Ariyaratne; Amithe Jayaratne
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Atorvastatin-Diltiazem Combination Induced Rhabdomyolysis Leading to Diagnosis of Hypothyroidism.

2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1155/2017/8383251
PMID: 28487744
PMC: PMC5405347
Contributors: Ehelepola NDB; Sathkumara SMBY; Bandara HMPAGS; Kalupahana KLR
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An unusual presentation of a stroke in a developing country: a case report.

2017-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-017-2378-2
PMID: 28126035
PMC: PMC5270289
Contributors: Ehelepola ND; Ranasinghe TI; Prashanthi B; Bandara HM
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A dengue infection without bleeding manifestations in an adult with immune thrombocytopenic purpura.

2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s41182-016-0036-3
PMID: 27826219
PMC: PMC5098280
Contributors: Ehelepola ND; Gunawardhana MB; Sudusinghe TN; Sooriyaarachchi SK; Manchanayake SP; Kalupahana KL
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Multisystem failure and death due to extensive hemorrhaging and brain herniation subsequent to a bite by an unidentified snake.

2016 | Journal article
PMC: PMC5022210
Contributors: Ehelepola NDB; Samaranayake SMAN; Basnayake BMLS; Amiyangoda CGK; Dhanapala DMUCB; Kalupahana KLR
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Multisystem failure and death due to extensive hemorrhaging and brain herniation subsequent to a bite by an unidentified snake.

2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s41182-016-0029-2
PMID: 27651731
Contributors: Ehelepola ND; Samaranayake SM; Basnayake BM; Amiyangoda CG; Dhanapala DM; Kalupahana KL
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A favorable outcome from dengue hemorrhagic fever: Teaching Hospital Kandy, Sri Lanka, May 2016.

2016-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.33186
PMID: 27652805
PMC: PMC5031808
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The correlation between dengue incidence and diurnal ranges of temperature of Colombo district, Sri Lanka 2005-2014.

2016-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.32267
PMID: 27566717
PMC: PMC5002035
Contributors: Ehelepola ND; Ariyaratne K
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A study of the correlation between dengue and weather in Kandy City, Sri Lanka (2003 -2012) and lessons learned.

2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-015-0075-8
PMID: 26403283
PMC: PMC4581090
Contributors: Ehelepola ND; Ariyaratne K; Buddhadasa WM; Ratnayake S; Wickramasinghe M
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The interrelationship between dengue incidence and diurnal ranges of temperature and humidity in a Sri Lankan city and its potential applications.

2015-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.29359
PMID: 26632645
PMC: PMC4668265
Contributors: Ehelepola ND; Ariyaratne K
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