Medical Entomology
Vector Biology and vector control strategies
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Zoology, The Open University of Sri Lanka (2015 to date)
- Temporary Lecturer, University of Jaffna 2014-2015,
Faculty coordinator/Jaffna Regional Centre
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Featured Research
Biology, bionomics and life-table studies of Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae) in Sri Lanka and estimating the vectorial potential using a mathematical approximation
Book chapters published:
- R Ramasamy, SN Surendran, PJ Jude, S Dharshini, M Vinobaba (2015).Adaptation of mosquito vectors to salinity and its impact on mosquito-borne disease transmission in the South and Southeast Asian tropics.Socio-ecological dimensions of infectious diseases in Southeast Asia, 107-122.
- Jude, J., Gunathilaka, N., Udayanaga, L., Fernando, D., Premarathne, P., Wickremasinghe, R., & Abeyewickreme, W. (2022). Developmental responses and survival of Anopheles stephensi larval stages at different salinity levels. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Mar 25:trac017. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trac017. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35348794.
- Jude PJ, Gunathilaka PADHN, Fernando SD, Premaratne PH, Wickremasinghe AR, Udayanga NWBAL, Abeyewickreme W (2023). Comparative analysis of the larvicidal activity of temephos (EC50) insecticide and insect growth regulators; novaluaron (EC10) and pyriproxyfen (SumiLarv®2MR) to control Anopheles stephensi in Sri Lanka. Parasitology Internationals-
- Jude PJ, Gunathilaka PADHN, Fernando SD, Premaratne PH, Wickremasinghe AR, Udayanga NWBAL, Abeyewickreme W (2022). Biology, bionomics and life-table studies of Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae) in Sri Lanka and estimating the vectorial potential using a mathematical approximation. Parasitology International-(Accepted)
- Surendran, A Kajatheepan, KFASanjeefkumar, and PJ Jude (2007). Seasonality and insecticide susceptibility of dengue vectors: An ovitrap based survey in a residential area in northern Sri Lanka. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 38(2):276-282.
- Surendran SN, S Kannathasan, A Kajatheepan and PJ Jude (2007).Chikungunya-type fever outbreak: some aspects related to this new epidemic in Jaffna district, northern Sri Lanka. Tropical Medicine and Health. 35(3): 249-252.
- Surendran SN, A Kajatheepan, PJ Jude and R Ramasamy (2008).Use of tilapia, Oreochromismossambicus, for the control of mosquito breeding in water storage tanks in the Jaffna district of Sri Lanka.Tropical Medicine and Health 36(2): 107-110.
- Jude PJ, S Dharshini, M Vinobaba, SN Surendran and R Ramasamy (2010).Anopheles culicifacies breeding in brackish waters in Sri Lanka and implications for malaria control. Malaria Journal.9:106.
- Dharshini S, Vinobaba M, Vinobaba P, Jude PJKarunaratnae SHPP &Surendran SN (2011). Prevalence and insecticide susceptibility of dengue vectors in the district of Batticaloa in Eastern Sri Lanka.Tropical Medicine and Health. 39(2):47-52
- Vinibaba M, Vonobaba P, Jude PJ ,Dharshini S, Surendran SN. (2009). Species composition of mosquitoes and the risk of dengue vector in the Batticaloa district. Annual Research Session Eastern University. 8:57
- Sinnathamby N Surendran, Om P Singh, Pavilupillai J Jude and RanjanRamasamy (2010). Genetic evidence for malaria vectors of the Anopheles sundaicus complex in Sri Lanka with morphological characteristics attributed to Anopheles subpictus species B. Malaria Journal 9:343
- Surendran SN, Jude PJ, Dharshini S, Shobarna R and Vinobaba M (2010). Salinity tolerance and brackish water breeding ability of Aedesaegypti and Aedesalbopictus in Sri Lanka: Implications for dengue control in the country. International symposium on Recent Advances and Ecology and management of Vectors and Vector Bone Disease 1-3Dec p: 23
- Dharshini S, Vinobaba M, Vinobaba P, Jude PJ and Surendran SN (2010). Dengue vectors in the district of Batticaloa: Pervalence and seasonality. Annual Research Session Eastern University. 9:5 Gajapathy K, PJ Jude and SN Surendran (2011). Morphometric and meristic characterization of Phlebotomusargentipes species complex in northern Sri Lanka: evidence for the presence of potential leishmaniasis vectors in the country. Tropical Biomedicine 28(2): 259–268
- Surendran SN, PJ Jude and R Ramasamy (2011).Variations in salinity tolerance of malaria vectors of the Anopheles subpictus complex in Sri Lanka and the implications for malaria transmission.Parasites & Vectors 4:117.
- Sinnathamby N Surendran, Kanapathy Gajapathy, Vaitheki Kumaran, Tharmasegaram Tharmatha, Pavilupillai J Jude and RanjanRamasamy (2011). Molecular evidence for the presence of malaria vector species A of the Anopheles annularis complex in Sri Lanka.Parasites & Vectors 4:239.
- Surendran SN, Jude PJ, Thabothiny V, Raveendran S, Ramasamy R (2012). Pre-imaginal development of Aedesaegypti in brackish and fresh water urban domestic wells in Sri Lanka. J VectEcol. 37: 471-473
- Jude PJ, Tharmatha Tharmasegaram, Gobika Sivasubramaniyam, Meena Senthilnanthanan, Selvam Kannathasan, Selvarajah Raveendran, Ranjan Ramasamy Sinnathamby N Surendran. (2012). Detection of salinity-tolerant larvae of different mosquito vectors in the tropical coast of Jaffna, Sri Lanka and the effect of salinity on the toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis to Aedes aegypti larvae. Parasites & Vectors.5:29
- Surendran, S.N., Jude, P.J., Thavaranjith, A.C., Eswaramohan,T., Vinobaba, M., Ramasamy, R.(2013). Predatory efficacy of Culex(Lutzia)fuscanus (Diptera: Culicidae) on mosquito vectors human disease in Sri Lanka. J. America mosquito control association. 29(2).
- Sinnathamby N Surendran., Devojit K Sarma., Pavilupillai J Jude., Petri Kemppaine., Nadarajah Kanthakumaran., Kanapathy Gajapathy., Lalanthika, B.S.L. Peiris., Ranjan Ramasamy and Catherine Walton. (2013). Molecular characterization and identification of members of the Anopheles subpictus Grassi (Diptera: Culicidae) complex in Sri Lanka. Malaria journal.12:304
- Gajapathy K., Peiris LBS., Goodacre SL., Silva A., Jude PJ., Surendran Sn. (2013). Molecular identification of potential Leishmaniasis vector species within the Phelebotomus (Euphlebotomus) argentipus species complex in Sri Lanka. Parasites & Vectors. 6:302
- Jude, PJ., Surendran,S.N., Ramasamy.R (2014 July). Bionomic aspects of the Anopheles subpictus species complex in Sri Lanka. Journal of Insect Science. 14: 97 Kanapathy Gajapathy.,Pavilupillai J
- Jude., Sara L Goodacre, Lalanthika BS Peiris, Ranjan Ramasamy and Sinnathamby N Surendran. (2014). Molecular characterization of the malaria vector Anopheles barbirostris vander Wulp in Sri Lanka. Parasites & Vectors. 7:348 doi:10.1186/1756-3305-7-348
- Ramasamy R.,Jude PJ., Veluppillai T., Noordeen F., Eswaramohan T and Surendran SN. (2014). Biological changes associated with salinity adaptation in mosquito vectorsof dengue. PLoS ONE. 9(8): e104977. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104977
- Priyadarshani S, G.R. Ranawaka , P.J. Jude , H.T.R. Jayasooriya (2022). PREVALENCE AND BIONOMICS OF THE Anopheles MOSQUITOES IN SELECTED SITES IN THE HAMBANTOTA. Proceeding of the International Open University Research Sessions (iOURS 2022)
- Jude PJ , Gunathilaka PADHN, Fernando SD, Premaratne PH, Wickremasinghe AR, Udayanga NWBAL, Abeyewickreme W (2021). Differentiation of biological forms of Anopheles stephensi (Diptera, Culicidae) recorded in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka, using egg morphology and morphometry. Proceedings of the Research Conference in Health Sciences 2021 – FAHS, USJ. pp.103
- P.J. Jude, N Gunathilaka , L Udayanaga , D Fernando , P Premarathne, A. Wickremasinghe and W. Abeyewickreme, Persistence of Poecilia reticulata at different chlorine levels in Mannar and Jaffna, Sri Lanka; A challenge in Anopheles stephensi control.(2022). Proceedings of the MSF Asia Scientific Days & International Conference on Medical Sciences (ICM).
- Jude P.J, Gunathilaka P.A.D.H.N, Fernanado S.D, Premarathne P.H. Wickremesinghe A.R. Priyatharshan S.E, Abeyewickreme W. (2019). Transformation of vector abundance in Mannar district of Sri Lanka: A comparative study of the present and past. IRC, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka. Pp.12: 159
- Jude PJ , Gunathilaka PADHN, Fernando SD, Premaratne PH, Wickremasinghe AR, Udayanga NWBAL, Abeyewickreme W (2021). The range of salinity tolerance by Anopheles stephensi in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the Research Conference in Health Sciences 2021 – FAHS, USJ. Pp.102
- Jude PJ , Gunathilaka PADHN, Fernando SD, Premaratne PH, Wickremasinghe AR, Udayanga NWBAL, Abeyewickreme W (2021). Larvicidal response of Anopheles stephensi against three selected insecticides: A study from Jaffna, Sri Lanka;. Proceedings of the Research Conference in Health Sciences 2021 – FAHS, USJ. pp. 50
- Vinibaba,M.,Vonobaba,P., Jude,P.J., Dharshini,S.,Surendran S.N (2009). Species composition of mosquitoes and the risk of dengue vector in the Batticaloa district. Annual Research Session Eastern University. 8: 57
- Dharshini S, Vinobaba M, Vinobaba P, Jude PJ and Surendran SN (2010). Dengue vectors in the district of Batticaloa: Pervalence and seasonality. Annual Research Session Eastern University. 9:5 Surendran SN,
- Jude PJ, Dharshini S, Shobarna R and Vinobaba M (2010). Salinity tolerance and brackish water breeding ability of Aedesaegypti and Aedesalbopictus in Sri Lanka: Implications for dengue control in the country. International symposium on Recent Advances and Ecology and management of Vectors and Vector Bone Disease 1-3Dec p: 23
- Ramasamy R, Surendran SN. Jude PJ ,Dharshini S, and Vinobaba M, (2011). The possible impact of rising sea levels due to global warming on mosquito-borne diseases.SEDID Symposium, Bangkok, 6-7 October 2011.
- Ramasamy R, Surendran SN. Jude PJ ,Dharshini S, and Vinobaba M, (2011). The possible impact of rising sea levels due to global warming on mosquito-borne diseases. SEDID Symposium, Bangkok, 6-7 October 2011
- Jude, PJ., Surendran,S.N., Ramasamy.R (2012). Variation in the Ornamentation of Anopheles subpictus sibling species B in Eastern Sri Lanka. ASRS Vol.1:24 Gajapathy,K., Jude,P.J., vaitheki, K., Surndran,S.N. (2012)Validation of the PCR-RLFP assay using Hae III Restriction Enzyme to Distringuish Members of the Phlebotomusargentipus complex in Sri Lanka. Proc of Jaffna science Association.Vol 19(1): 9
- Gopika, S., Tharmatha, T., Jude,P.J., Senthilnanthanan, M., Kannathasan., Surendran, S.,(2012). Influence of selected Chemical Constituent on the Lethal Effect of BATVEC on dengue Vector Aedesagypti. Proc of Jaffna science Association.Vol 19(1): 10
- Jude, P.J., Surendran,S.N. (2012) Some Bionomics of Members of Anopheles subpictus complex in Sri Lanka.Proc of Jaffna science Association.Vol 19(1): 11
- Kanthakumar, N., Jude,P.J., Gajapathy,K., Easwaramohan,T., Kumran,V., Ramasamy,R., Sinnathamby, N.(2013).Morphologically identified Anopheles subpictus species B contains members closely related to An.sundaicus by cytochrome oxidase-I sequencing. Keystone symposia on molecular and cellular biology 501(c) (3):83.
- Gajapathy,K., Jude, P.J., Surendran,S.N. (2013). Molecular phylogeny of Phlebotomine Sandflies using 28s and 18s rDNA sequences: evidence for a polyphyletic evolutionary trend. Proc. of Young Scientist Forum Symposium. Pp 18.
- Gajapathy,K., Jude, P.J., Surendran,S.N. (2012). Seasonal distribution and bionomics of sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), Vectors for Leishmaniasis, in Jaffna. JUICE pp:178.
- Surendran,SN.,Jude, P.J., Gajapathy,K. (2013).Challenges in documenting mosquito diversity-a need for DNA based approaches. Proc of Abstract of National symposium on the biodiversity of the Northern province Sri Lanka.Pp 1.
- Jude PJ.,Tharmatha, T., Eswaramohan T., Gajapathy K, Surendran, SN.,(2014). Distribution of mosquito species in Jaffna district. Proc of Jaffna science Association. Vol 21(1): 12
- TharmathaJude PJ.,Surendran SN., (2014).Studies on the population dynamics of Anoheles mosquitoes in Suthumalai and Uduvil localities in Jaffna district. Proc of Jaffna science Association.Vol19 (1): 17
- Tharmatha T, Peiris L.B.S., Jude PJ., Eswaramohan T., Gajapathy K., Surendran SN., (2014). Study of Sergentomyiasand flies species in Hambantota district; a leishmania endemic locality in Sri Lanka. Proc of Jaffna science Association.Vol 21(1): 20
MSc
Priyadarshani Somasekaran (2022). Prevalence, Bionomics and Insecticide Susceptibility of Anopheles in Selected Sites in Hambantota District
Senior Lecturer in Zoology
Department of Zoology
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Jaffna Regional Center
The Open University of Sri Lanka
Kaththankudy, Jaffna
Sri Lanka
- Dengue and Malaria control and sharing the knowledge and capacity with Anti malaria campaign and health ministry (2021)
- Presidential award for highly rated research publication for 2010
- Presidential award for highly rated research publication for 2011
- Presidential award for highly rated research publication for 2012
- Presidential award for highly rated research publication for 2013
- Presidential award for highly rated research publication for 2014
- Merit award NRC 2015 NSF Research award 2013
- Vatsala memorial award for 1st and second year highest in Zoology
- Scholarships: NRC 2018-2022, NSF:2007-2011, 2007-2014
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Memberships: Life member-SLAAS, Life member-JSA
- NRC- 057-2018
