Samarasinghe, Sumudu R.
Samaranayake, Nilakshi
Kariyawasam, Udeshika L.
Siriwardana, Yamuna D.
Imamura, Hideo
Karunaweera, Nadira D.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U01AI136033, R01AI099602)
Article History
Received: 5 January 2018
Accepted: 19 November 2018
First Online: 28 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted according to a protocol approved by the Ethics Review Committee of Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo (EC/12/068), Sri Lanka. Written informed consent was obtained from the patients prior to data and sample collection.
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