Praveen Weeratunga

Praveen Weeratunga

University of Colombo

H-index: 18

Asia-Sri Lanka

About Praveen Weeratunga

Praveen Weeratunga, With an exceptional h-index of 18 and a recent h-index of 17 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Colombo, specializes in the field of Internal Medicine, Immunology, Infectious disease, Medical Education.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Immune mechanisms of granuloma formation in sarcoidosis and tuberculosis

Temporo-spatial cellular atlas of the regenerating alveolar niche in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Exploring synthesis as a vital cognitive skill in complex clinical diagnosis

Spatial transcriptomic characterization of COVID-19 pneumonitis identifies immune circuits related to tissue injury

Single cell spatial analysis of lungs from patients with fatal COVID-19 reveals a cellular network marked by inflammatory foci of immature neutrophil and CD8 T cells localised …

Immune mechanisms in fibrotic pulmonary sarcoidosis

Unilateral Osler nodes, Janeway lesions and splinter haemorrhages associated with surgical arterio-venous fistula infection: a case report

Hirudin versus citrate as an anticoagulant for ROTEM platelet whole blood impedance aggregometry in thrombocytopenic patients

Praveen Weeratunga Information

University

Position

Lecturer in Medicine Faculty of Medicine

Citations(all)

1961

Citations(since 2020)

1789

Cited By

379

hIndex(all)

18

hIndex(since 2020)

17

i10Index(all)

28

i10Index(since 2020)

25

Email

University Profile Page

University of Colombo

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Praveen Weeratunga Skills & Research Interests

Internal Medicine

Immunology

Infectious disease

Medical Education

Top articles of Praveen Weeratunga

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Immune mechanisms of granuloma formation in sarcoidosis and tuberculosis

Praveen Weeratunga

David R Moller

Ling-Pei Ho

2024/1/2

Temporo-spatial cellular atlas of the regenerating alveolar niche in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

medRxiv

Praveen Weeratunga

Bethany Hunter

Martin Sergeant

Joshua Bull

Colin Clelland

...

2024

Exploring synthesis as a vital cognitive skill in complex clinical diagnosis

Diagnosis

Dilushi Wijayaratne

Praveen Weeratunga

Saroj Jayasinghe

2024/1/31

Spatial transcriptomic characterization of COVID-19 pneumonitis identifies immune circuits related to tissue injury

JCI insight

Amy R Cross

Carlos E de Andrea

María Villalba-Esparza

Manuel F Landecho

Lucia Cerundolo

...

2023/1/1

Single cell spatial analysis of lungs from patients with fatal COVID-19 reveals a cellular network marked by inflammatory foci of immature neutrophil and CD8 T cells localised …

Praveen Weeratunga

Laura Denney

Joshua Bull

Emmanouela Repapi

Martin Sergeant

...

2023/9/9

Immune mechanisms in fibrotic pulmonary sarcoidosis

P Weeratunga

DR Moller

LP Ho

2023/9/1

Unilateral Osler nodes, Janeway lesions and splinter haemorrhages associated with surgical arterio-venous fistula infection: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases

Pramith Ruwanpathirana

Harindri Athukorala

Praveen Weeratunga

Panduka Karunanayake

2023/7/6

Hirudin versus citrate as an anticoagulant for ROTEM platelet whole blood impedance aggregometry in thrombocytopenic patients

Platelets

Wasanthi Wickramasinghe

Bhawani Yasassri Alvitigala

Thisarika Perera

Panduka Karunanayake

Saroj Jayasinghe

...

2023/12/31

Genomic Surveillance of Recent Dengue Outbreaks in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Viruses

Sachith Maduranga

Braulio Mark Valencia

Chathurani Sigera

Thiruni Adikari

Praveen Weeratunga

...

2023/6/21

Single cell spatial analysis reveals inflammatory foci of immature neutrophil and CD8 T cells in COVID-19 lungs

Nature Communications

Praveen Weeratunga

Laura Denney

Joshua A Bull

Emmanouela Repapi

Martin Sergeant

...

2023/11/8

Development of a machine learning model for early prediction of plasma leakage in suspected dengue patients

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Ramtin Zargari Marandi

Preston Leung

Chathurani Sigera

Daniel Dawson Murray

Praveen Weeratunga

...

2023/3/13

S72 Specific thoracic CT pattern of perihilar conglomeration and consolidation is associated with development of lung fibrosis in pulmonary sarcoidosis

S Zulfikar

P Weeratunga

A Crawshaw

A Papadopoulous

T Nicholson

...

2023/11/1

Pulmonary involvement in primary systemic vasculitides

Rheumatology

Jean-Paul Makhzoum

Peter C Grayson

Cristina Ponte

Joanna Robson

Ravi Suppiah

...

2022/1/1

Antibody tests for identification of current and past infection with SARS‐CoV‐2

Tilly Fox

Julia Geppert

Jacqueline Dinnes

Katie Scandrett

Jacob Bigio

...

2022

Unbiased single cell spatial analysis localises inflammatory clusters of immature neutrophils-CD8 T cells to alveolar progenitor cells in fatal COVID-19 lungs

MedRxiv

COSMIC–COVID-19 Lung Single Cell Mass Cytometry Imaging Consortium STUDY

Praveen Weeratunga

Laura Denney

Joshua A Bull

Emmanouela Repapi

...

2022/12/23

Management of Sarcoidosis: When to Treat, How to Treat and for How Long?

Emily Fraser

Praveen Weeratunga

Ling-Pei Ho

2022/12

Effect of prior Zika and dengue virus exposure on the severity of a subsequent dengue infection in adults

Scientific Reports

Braulio M Valencia

Ponsuge C Sigera

Praveen Weeratunga

Nicodemus Tedla

Deepika Fernando

...

2022/10/14

Rotational thromboelastometry in critical phase of dengue infection: association with bleeding

Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Wasanthi Wickramasinghe

Bhawani Yasassri Alvitigala

Thisarika Perera

Panduka Karunanayake

Saroj Jayasinghe

...

2022/3/1

Dengue and post-infection fatigue: findings from a prospective cohort—the Colombo Dengue Study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Ponsuge C Sigera

Senaka Rajapakse

Praveen Weeratunga

Nipun L De Silva

Laksiri Gomes

...

2021/6

Association between age at disease onset of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis and clinical presentation and short-term outcomes

Rheumatology

Sara Monti

Anthea Craven

Catherine Klersy

Carlomaurizio Montecucco

Roberto Caporali

...

2021/2/1

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