Karunathilake, Charani
Alles, Narmadha
Dewasurendra, Rajika
Weerasinghe, Isurika
Chandrasiri, Nipuni
Piyasiri, Sachee Bhanu
Samaranayake, Nilakshi
Silva, Hermali
Manamperi, Nuwani
Karunaweera, Nadira
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institute of Health, USA (U01AI136033)
Article History
Received: 13 October 2023
Accepted: 20 December 2023
First Online: 29 December 2023
Declarations
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: The study was performed in accordance with the ethics standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Ethics approval for the study was obtained from the Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (EC-17–062).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all the study participants.
: The authors declare no competing interests.