Anusha Gunasekera

4.7k total citations
17 papers, 594 citations indexed

About

Anusha Gunasekera is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anusha Gunasekera has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 594 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Anusha Gunasekera's work include Malaria Research and Control (16 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (8 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (3 papers). Anusha Gunasekera is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (16 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (8 papers) and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (3 papers). Anusha Gunasekera collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Sri Lanka. Anusha Gunasekera's co-authors include Dyann F. Wirth, Swati Patankar, Jonathan Schug, Geoffrey Eisen, Stephen L. Hoffman, B. Kim Lee Sim, Jessica C. Kissinger, David S. Roos, Karine G. Le Roch and Alissa Myrick and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Journal of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Anusha Gunasekera

17 papers receiving 584 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anusha Gunasekera United States 13 469 204 165 162 63 17 594
Raúl Herrera United States 11 531 1.1× 176 0.9× 121 0.7× 250 1.5× 94 1.5× 13 671
Gavin G. Rutledge United Kingdom 4 390 0.8× 171 0.8× 125 0.8× 114 0.7× 105 1.7× 6 516
Daisuke Ito Japan 15 442 0.9× 180 0.9× 122 0.7× 170 1.0× 65 1.0× 36 591
Audrey Lorthiois France 12 448 1.0× 100 0.5× 121 0.7× 158 1.0× 77 1.2× 15 556
Ambroise D. Ahouidi Senegal 17 607 1.3× 122 0.6× 127 0.8× 186 1.1× 50 0.8× 42 725
Aïssatou Touré-Baldé Senegal 13 576 1.2× 122 0.6× 170 1.0× 118 0.7× 48 0.8× 20 675
Kerry Lorry Australia 11 780 1.7× 148 0.7× 222 1.3× 160 1.0× 89 1.4× 12 864
Catherine Suárez United Kingdom 9 277 0.6× 121 0.6× 145 0.9× 144 0.9× 81 1.3× 13 437
Amadou Niangaly Mali 14 570 1.2× 148 0.7× 91 0.6× 203 1.3× 55 0.9× 29 641
Laura Drought United Kingdom 7 415 0.9× 142 0.7× 96 0.6× 234 1.4× 85 1.3× 7 513

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anusha Gunasekera

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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James, Eric R., B. Kim Lee Sim, Abraham G. Eappen, et al.. (2022). A First for Human Vaccinology: GMP Compliant Radiation Attenuation of Plasmodium falciparum Sporozoites for Production of a Vaccine Against Malaria. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 851028–851028. 4 indexed citations
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Laurens, Matthew B., Andrea A. Berry, Mark A. Travassos, et al.. (2019). Dose-Dependent Infectivity of Aseptic, Purified, Cryopreserved Plasmodium falciparum 7G8 Sporozoites in Malaria-Naive Adults. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 220(12). 1962–1966. 12 indexed citations
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Bastiaens, Guido J. H., Maurits P. A. van Meer, Anja Scholzen, et al.. (2015). Safety, Immunogenicity, and Protective Efficacy of Intradermal Immunization with Aseptic, Purified, Cryopreserved Plasmodium falciparum Sporozoites in Volunteers Under Chloroquine Prophylaxis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 94(3). 663–673. 39 indexed citations
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Bastiaens, Guido J. H., Anja Scholzen, Joshua M. Obiero, et al.. (2015). PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM IMMUNIZATION UNDER CHLOROQUINE Safety, Immunogenicity, and Protective Efficacy of Intradermal Immunization with Aseptic, Purified, Cryopreserved Plasmodium falciparum Sporozoites in Volunteers Under Chloroquine Prophylaxis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. 1 indexed citations
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Bastiaens, Guido J. H., M. Boulaksil, Quirijn de Mast, et al.. (2014). Idiopathic acute myocarditis during treatment for controlled human malaria infection: a case report. Malaria Journal. 13(1). 38–38. 24 indexed citations
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Sheehy, Susanne H., Alexandra J. Spencer, Alexander D. Douglas, et al.. (2013). Optimising Controlled Human Malaria Infection Studies Using Cryopreserved P. falciparum Parasites Administered by Needle and Syringe. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e65960–e65960. 54 indexed citations
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Ruben, Adam J., Aderonke Awe, Stephen L. Hoffman, et al.. (2013). 157 Cryopreservation of Plasmodium falciparum Sporozoites and Sanaria® PfSPZ Vaccine. Cryobiology. 67(3). 442–442. 4 indexed citations
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Laurens, Matthew B., Peter F. Billingsley, Adam Richman, et al.. (2013). Successful Human Infection with P. falciparum Using Three Aseptic Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes: A New Model for Controlled Human Malaria Infection. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e68969–e68969. 19 indexed citations
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Roestenberg, Meta, Else M. Bijker, B. Kim Lee Sim, et al.. (2012). Controlled Human Malaria Infections by Intradermal Injection of Cryopreserved Plasmodium falciparum Sporozoites. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 88(1). 5–13. 99 indexed citations
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Gunasekera, Anusha, Alissa Myrick, Kevin T. Militello, et al.. (2007). Regulatory motifs uncovered among gene expression clusters in Plasmodium falciparum. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 153(1). 19–30. 26 indexed citations
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Gunasekera, Anusha, Alissa Myrick, Karine G. Le Roch, Elizabeth A. Winzeler, & Dyann F. Wirth. (2007). Plasmodium falciparum: Genome wide perturbations in transcript profiles among mixed stage cultures after chloroquine treatment. Experimental Parasitology. 117(1). 87–92. 46 indexed citations
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Gunasekera, Anusha, Daniel E. Neafsey, Ishani Ganguli, et al.. (2007). Genetic Diversity and Selection at the Plasmodium vivax Apical Membrane Antigen-1 (PvAMA-1) Locus in a Sri Lankan Population. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24(4). 939–947. 56 indexed citations
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Militello, Kevin T., et al.. (2005). RNA polymerase II synthesizes antisense RNA in Plasmodium falciparum. RNA. 11(4). 365–370. 49 indexed citations
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Gunasekera, Anusha. (2004). Widespread distribution of antisense transcripts in the Plasmodium falciparum genome*1. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 136(1). 35–42. 3 indexed citations
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Gunasekera, Anusha, Swati Patankar, Jonathan Schug, et al.. (2004). Widespread distribution of antisense transcripts in the Plasmodium falciparum genome. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 136(1). 35–42. 91 indexed citations
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Gunasekera, Anusha, Swati Patankar, Jonathan Schug, Geoffrey Eisen, & Dyann F. Wirth. (2003). Drug‐induced alterations in gene expression of the asexual blood forms of Plasmodium falciparum. Molecular Microbiology. 50(4). 1229–1239. 42 indexed citations

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