Ushani Atapattu

Nanopore Sequencing Using the Full-Length 16S rRNA Gene for Detection of Blood-Borne Bacteria in Dogs Reveals a Novel Species of Hemotropic Mycoplasma

Lucas G. Huggins, Vito Colella, Ushani Atapattu et al. · Microbiology Spectrum · 2022 · 37 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Veterinary Microbiology +17

Development and validation of a long-read metabarcoding platform for the detection of filarial worm pathogens of animals and humans

Lucas G. Huggins, Ushani Atapattu, Neil D. Young et al. · BMC Microbiology · 2024 · 29 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Bioinformatics, Microbiology +13

Dogs are reservoir hosts of the zoonotic Dirofilaria sp. ‘hongkongensis’ and potentially of Brugia sp. Sri Lanka genotype in Sri Lanka

Ushani Atapattu, Anson V. Koehler, Lucas G. Huggins et al. · One Health · 2023 · 25 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Veterinary Parasitology +14

Dirofilaria asiatica sp. nov. (Spirurida: Onchocercidae) – Defined using a combined morphological-molecular approach

Vito Colella, Neil D. Young, Ralph Manzanell et al. · International Journal for Parasitology · 2025 · 16 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Biology, Infectious Diseases +17