About the Authors

Champica K. Bodinayake

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

bodinayake@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka, Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka

Ajith DeS Nagahawatte

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Galle, Sri Lanka

Vasantha Devasiri

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Galle, Sri Lanka

Niroshana J. Dahanayake

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka, Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka

Gaya B. Wijayaratne

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Galle, Sri Lanka

Nayani P. Weerasinghe

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Galle, Sri Lanka

Madureka Premamali

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

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

Tianchen Sheng

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka

Bradly P. Nicholson

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka, Institute for Medical Research, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Harshanie A. Ubeysekera

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Teaching Hospital, Karapitiya, Galle, Sri Lanka

Ruvini MP Kurukulasooriya

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Galle, Sri Lanka

Aruna D. de Silva

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka

Truls Østbye

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Christopher W. Woods

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

L Gayani Tillekeratne

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka, Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke-Ruhuna Collaborative Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.