About the Authors
- Roshan Niloofa
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* E-mail: rosh86niloo@gmail.com
Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Narmada Fernando
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Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Nipun Lakshitha de Silva
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Affiliation Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Lilani Karunanayake
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Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Leptospira, Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Hasith Wickramasinghe
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Affiliation Base Hospital Homagama, Homagama, Sri Lanka
- Nandana Dikmadugoda
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Affiliation Base Hospital Homagama, Homagama, Sri Lanka
- Gayani Premawansa
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Affiliation Colombo North Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka
- Rajitha Wickramasinghe
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Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka
- H. Janaka de Silva
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Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka
- Sunil Premawansa
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Affiliation Faculty of Science, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Senaka Rajapakse
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Affiliation Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Shiroma Handunnetti
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Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SH SR SP HJdS RN. Performed the experiments: RN LK. Analyzed the data: RN SR RW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RN NF NLdS HW ND GP. Wrote the paper: RN SR. Additional manuscript editing and correction: NLdS NF LK RW HJdS SP SH.