Mallawarachchi, Chandana H.
Nilmini Chandrasena, T. G. A.
Premaratna, Ranjan
Mallawarachchi, S. M. N. S. M.
de Silva, Nilanthi R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (RP/03/SR/04/06/01/2016)
Medical Research Institute, Sri Lanka (Project No: 40/2016)
Article History
Received: 28 October 2017
Accepted: 15 January 2018
First Online: 29 January 2018
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: Ethical clearance for the study was obtained from the Ethics Review Committees of the Faculty of the Medicine University of Kelaniya and the Medical Research Institute. Informed written consent was obtained from all adult participants and one of the parent or guardian for less than 18 years old participants. In additional to the consent, written assent was obtained from participants between 7 and 18 years of age.
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