About the Authors

Senaka Rajapakse

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Praveen Weeratunga

prav782@yahoo.com

Affiliation University Medical Unit, National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo

Roshan Niloofa

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Narmada Fernando

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Nipun Lakshitha de Silva

Affiliation Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka

Chaturaka Rodrigo

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sachith Maduranga

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka

Nuwanthi Nandasiri

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka

Sunil Premawansa

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Lilani Karunanayake

Affiliation Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka

H. Janaka de Silva

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka

Shiroma Handunnetti

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR CR HJdS SP. Performed the experiments: SM NN NF RN. Analyzed the data: PW SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LK SH. Wrote the paper: SR PW HJDS CR SM NN RN NF SH LK NLdS SP. Guarantor: SR. Data Collection: NLdS.