About the Authors
- Michael Eddleston
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* E-mail: eddlestonm@yahoo.com
Affiliations Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, Ox-Col Collaboration, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Sri Lanka
- Peter Eyer
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Affiliation Walther Straub Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
- Franz Worek
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Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Munich, Germany
- Edmund Juszczak
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Affiliation Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Wolfson College, University of Oxford, England
- Nicola Alder
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Affiliation Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Wolfson College, University of Oxford, England
- Fahim Mohamed
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Affiliations Ox-Col Collaboration, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Sri Lanka
- Lalith Senarathna
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Affiliations Ox-Col Collaboration, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Sri Lanka
- Ariyasena Hittarage
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Affiliation Anuradhapura General Hospital, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Shifa Azher
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Affiliation Polonnaruwa General Hospital, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
- K. Jeganathan
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Affiliation Anuradhapura General Hospital, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Shaluka Jayamanne
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Affiliation Polonnaruwa General Hospital, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
- Ludwig von Meyer
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Affiliation Institute of Legal Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
- Andrew H. Dawson
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Affiliations South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Sri Lanka, School of Public Health, University of Newcastle, Australia
- Mohamed Hussain Rezvi Sheriff
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Affiliations Ox-Col Collaboration, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Sri Lanka
- Nick A. Buckley
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Affiliations South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Sri Lanka, Professorial Unit, Department of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: ME PE FW EJ NA FM LS AH SA KJ SJ LvM AHD NAB. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: ME PE FW EJ NA FM LS AH SA KJ SJ LvM AHD MHRS NAB. Designed the experiments/the study: ME FW EJ MHRS NAB. Analyzed the data: ME PE FW FM AHD MHRS. Collected data/did experiments for the study: ME PE FW NA LS AH KJ LvM NAB. Enrolled patients: ME LS AH SA KJ SJ. Wrote the first draft of the paper: ME. Contributed to the writing of the paper: ME PE FW EJ NA FM LS SA AHD MHRS NAB. Responsible for the analyses of the PK/PD data: PE. Determination of cholinesterase data and analysis of cholinesterase, pesticide and oxime data: FW. Conducted the randomisation with the trial programmer, and performed interim analysis for the Chair of the Independent Data Monitoring Committee: EJ. Ran the logistics of this study in one of the centres and was involved in data auditing: FM. Contributed to the study at the initial stage of designing: SJ. Responsible for poison concentration data: LvM. Oversaw the two clinical centres involved in the study, examined and validated the primary data: AHD.