About the Authors

Selvam Kannathasan

selvamkannathasan@gmail.com

Affiliation Division of Parasitology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Arumugam Murugananthan

Affiliation Division of Parasitology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Nadarajah Rajeshkannan

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Nilanthy Renuka de Silva

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK AM NRS. Performed the experiments: SK AM. Analyzed the data: NR SK AM. Wrote the paper: SK AM NRS.