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Authors
Jeewandara, Chandima
Guruge, Dinuka
Pushpakumara, Pradeep Darshana
Madhusanka, Deshan
Jayadas, Tibutius Thanesh
Chaturanga, Indika Prasad
Aberathna, Inoka Sepali
Danasekara, Saubhagya
Pathmanathan, Thilagaraj
Jayathilaka, Deshni
Somathilaka, Gayasha
Kuruppu, Heshan
Gomes, Laksiri
Gunasekara, Vitjith
Wijayamuni, Ruwan
Ogg, Graham S.
Malavige, Gathsaurie Neelika https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9201-0449
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
World Health Organization
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Medical Research Foundation
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Article History
Received: 7 June 2021
Accepted: 3 March 2022
First Online: 22 March 2022
Declarations
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: Ethics approval for the study was obtained from the Ethics Review Committee of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Informed written consent was obtained from all participants, from whom a blood sample was collected (n = 2721). Written consent was not taken when obtaining a nasopharyngeal swab for diagnostic purposes, as this was carried out to identify individuals who were infected from the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the community, as a part of the Ministry of Health policy at that time. As the nasopharyngeal swabs for RT-qPCR was sent to our laboratory for routine diagnostic testing in these individuals as a part of the surveillance process of the Ministry of Health, the Ethics committee approved using this data for this study, with deidentification of individuals.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
