Darshana, Thamal http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3156-8734
Bandara, Dayananda
Nawarathne, Upul
de Silva, Udaya
Costa, Yasinta
Pushpakumara, Kalavitigoda
Pathirage, Sumithra
Basnayake, Seuwandi
Epa, Chamila
Dilrukshi, Pradeepa
Wijayawardena, Maheshaka
Anthony, Angela A.
Rodrigo, Rexan
Manamperi, Aresha
Smith, Frances
Allen, Angela
Menzel, Stephan
Rees, David
Premawardhena, Anuja
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Council Sri Lanka (NRC 16-001)
Article History
Received: 13 February 2020
Accepted: 29 June 2020
First Online: 6 July 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (P/01/01/2016). Informed written consents form adult SCD patients and assents from the parents of the participating SCD children were obtained before enrollment for the present study.
: Not applicable.
: All authors declare that they have no competing interests.