About the Authors

Champica K. Bodinayake

Contributed equally to this work with: Champica K. Bodinayake, L. Gayani Tillekeratne

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka

L. Gayani Tillekeratne

Contributed equally to this work with: Champica K. Bodinayake, L. Gayani Tillekeratne

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Ajith Nagahawatte

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka

Vasantha Devasiri

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka

Wasantha Kodikara Arachichi

Affiliation Teaching Hospital Karapitiya, Galle, Sri Lanka

John J. Strouse

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

October M. Sessions

Affiliation Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Ruvini Kurukulasooriya

Affiliation Duke Ruhuna Collaborative Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka

Anna Uehara

Affiliation Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Shiqin Howe

Affiliation Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Xin Mei Ong

Affiliation Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Sharon Tan

Affiliation Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Angelia Chow

Affiliation Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Praveen Tummalapalli

Affiliation Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Aruna D. De Silva

Affiliation Genetech Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Truls Østbye

Affiliations Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Christopher W. Woods

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Duane J. Gubler

Affiliation Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, Duke NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Megan E. Reller

megan.reller@duke.edu

Current address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliations Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CKB LGT AN VD WKA JJS OMS RK ADDS TØ CWW DJG MER. Performed the experiments: AU SH XMO ST AC PT. Analyzed the data: CKB LGT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OMS AU SH XMO ST AC PT DJG. Wrote the paper: CKB LGT AN JJS OMS RK ADDS TØ CWW DJG MER.