About the Authors

Nalini Jayakody

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kosalagadw83@gmail.com (KW); jayakodynalini@wyb.ac.lk (NJ)

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Kuliyapitiya, Sri Lanka, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka

Catherine A. Gordon

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Infection and Inflammation Program, Applied Tropical and Molecular Parasitology Laboratory, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Center for Tropical Health and Emerging Diseases, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Nuwan Wickramasinghe

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka

Anjana Silva

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka

Susiji Wickramasinghe

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Kosala Weerakoon

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kosalagadw83@gmail.com (KW); jayakodynalini@wyb.ac.lk (NJ)

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.