Pushpakumara, Nilantha https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6100-2513
Freund, Paul
Premarathne, Shakila https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8473-5941
Hewavitharane, Pasan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0721-4311
Erandika, Naduni https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3086-2053
Herath, Dulanjali https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2292-6459
Weerakoon, Thilini
Wijethunga, Sulochana
Ratnatunga, Neelakanthi
Wazil, Abdul
Skopnik, Christopher M.
Metzke, Diana
Melchert, Julia
Bleicker, Tobias
Amman, Kerstin
Daniel, Christoph
Corman, Victor M.
Jones, Terry C.
Weiss, Sabrina
Eckardt, Kai-Uwe
Enghard, Philipp https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7254-3931
Nanayakkara, Nishantha https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3405-2912
Article History
Received: 28 January 2025
Accepted: 30 September 2025
First Online: 22 October 2025
Declarations
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: Ethics approval for this study was obtained from the Research and Ethical Review Committee of the General Hospital (Teaching), Kandy (Ref No: THK/ERC/75/2017). All procedures involving human participants, including the collection of biological samples, were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional review board and informed written consent was obtained from all participants prior to their recruitment into the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.