Adikaram, S. G. S.
Samaranayake, D. B. D. L.
Atapattu, N.
Kendaragama, K. M. D. L. D.
Senevirathne, J. T. N.
Wickramasinghe, V. Pujitha
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science Foundation (NSF/2015/HS/09)
Article History
Received: 18 September 2017
Accepted: 24 May 2019
First Online: 8 June 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Ethics Review Committee of Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, approved the study protocol (EC-15-010). All the participants were recruited after obtaining informed written consent from either of the parents or the guardian. In addition, assent was obtained from children above 12 years of age.
: Not applicable.
: Authors declare that there are no competing interests.