About the Authors

Chathuranga Lakmal Fonseka

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

fonseka.lakmal@gmail.com

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

Niroshana Jathun Dahanayake

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Denagama J. D. Mihiran

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization

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

Kalani Mithunika Wijesinghe

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization

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

Lakshani Nawanjana Liyanage

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization

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

Hesaru S. Wickramasuriya

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

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

Gaya Bandara Wijayaratne

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

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

Kelum Sanjaya

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Limnology and Water Technology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka

Champica K. Bodinayake

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.