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Nilanthi de Silva
Researcher at University of Kelaniya
Publications - 53
Citations - 6449
Nilanthi de Silva is an academic researcher from University of Kelaniya. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Deworming. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 52 publications receiving 5419 citations.
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The global burden of snakebite: a literature analysis and modelling based on regional estimates of envenoming and deaths.
Anuradhani Kasturiratne,A. Rajitha Wickremasinghe,Nilanthi de Silva,N. Kithsiri Gunawardena,Arunasalam Pathmeswaran,Ranjan Premaratna,Lorenzo Savioli,David G. Lalloo,H. Janaka de Silva +8 more
TL;DR: It is estimated that, globally, at least 421,000 envenomings and 20,000 deaths occur each year due to snakebite, with the highest burden exists in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa.
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Soil-transmitted helminth infections: updating the global picture.
Nilanthi de Silva,Simon Brooker,Peter J. Hotez,Antonio Montresor,Dirk Engels,Lorenzo Savioli +5 more
TL;DR: Global estimates of soil-transmitted helminth infections are brought up to date, some interesting new trends are revealed and the future for control is discussed.
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World Health Organization Global Estimates and Regional Comparisons of the Burden of Foodborne Disease in 2010
Arie H. Havelaar,Arie H. Havelaar,Martyn D. Kirk,Paul R. Torgerson,Herman J. Gibb,Tine Hald,Robin J. Lake,Nicolas Praet,David C. Bellinger,Nilanthi de Silva,Neyla Gargouri,Niko Speybroeck,Amy Cawthorne,Colin Mathers,Claudia Stein,Frederick J. Angulo,Brecht Devleesschauwer +16 more
TL;DR: The Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG) reports their first estimates of the incidence, mortality, and disease burden due to 31 foodborne hazards, finding that the global burden of FBD is comparable to those of the major infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
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World Health Organization Estimates of the Global and Regional Disease Burden of 11 Foodborne Parasitic Diseases, 2010: A Data Synthesis
Paul R. Torgerson,Brecht Devleesschauwer,Brecht Devleesschauwer,Brecht Devleesschauwer,Nicolas Praet,Niko Speybroeck,Arve Lee Willingham,Fumiko Kasuga,Mohammad Bagher Rokni,Xiao-Nong Zhou,Eric M. Fèvre,Eric M. Fèvre,Banchob Sripa,Neyla Gargouri,Thomas Fürst,Christine M. Budke,Hélène Carabin,Martyn D. Kirk,Frederick J. Angulo,Arie H. Havelaar,Arie H. Havelaar,Nilanthi de Silva +21 more
TL;DR: The first estimates of the global and regional human disease burden of 10 helminth diseases and toxoplasmosis that may be attributed to contaminated food are presented, representing an important step forward in understanding the impact of foodborne diseases globally and regionally.
Book Chapter
Helminth Infections: Soil-transmitted Helminth Infections and Schistosomiasis
Peter J. Hotez,Donald A. P. Bundy,Kathleen Beegle,Simon Brooker,Lesley Drake,Nilanthi de Silva,Antonio Montresor,Dirk Engels,Matthew Jukes,Lester Chitsulo,Jeffrey Chow,Ramanan Laxminarayan,Catherine Michaud,Jeffrey M. Bethony,Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira,Xiao Shuhua,Alan Fenwick,Lorenzo Savioli +17 more
TL;DR: Because of the geographic overlap of these afflictions and their impact on children and adolescents the World Health Organization; the World Bank; and other United Nations agencies and bilaterals; and civil society are working to integrate STH and schistosome control through a program of periodic school-based targeted anthelmintic drug treatments.