About the Authors

Chandima Jeewandara

Contributed equally to this work with: Chandima Jeewandara, Maneshka Vindesh Karunananda, Suranga Fernando

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Allergy Immunology and Cell Biology Unit, Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

Maneshka Vindesh Karunananda

Contributed equally to this work with: Chandima Jeewandara, Maneshka Vindesh Karunananda, Suranga Fernando

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Allergy Immunology and Cell Biology Unit, Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

Suranga Fernando

Contributed equally to this work with: Chandima Jeewandara, Maneshka Vindesh Karunananda, Suranga Fernando

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Saubhagya Danasekara

Roles Data curation, Software

Affiliation Allergy Immunology and Cell Biology Unit, Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

Gamini Jayakody

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Segarajasingam Arulkumaran

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Nayana Yasindu Samaraweera

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sarathchandra Kumarawansha

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Subramaniyam Sivaganesh

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Priyadarshanie Geethika Amarasinghe

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Chintha Jayasinghe

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dilini Wijesekara

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Manonath Bandara Marasinghe

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Udari Mambulage

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Helanka Wijayatilake

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Kasun Senevirathne

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Aththidayage Don Priyantha Bandara

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Chandana Pushpalal Gallage

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Nilu Ranmali Colambage

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Ampe Arachchige Thilak Udayasiri

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Tharaka Lokumarambage

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Yasanayakalage Upasena

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Wickramasinghe Pathiranalage Kasun Paramee Weerasooriya

Roles Investigation, Project administration

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Seroprevalence study group

Membership of Seroprevalence study group is provided in the Acknowledgements.

Affiliation Allergy Immunology and Cell Biology Unit, Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka

Graham S. Ogg

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Gathsaurie Neelika Malavige

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

gathsaurie.malavige@ndm.ox.ac.uk

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Allergy Immunology and Cell Biology Unit, Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka, MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.