About the Authors

Dushantha Karunanayake

Affiliation Department of Rabies Diagnosis and Research, Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Takashi Matsumoto

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

Omala Wimalaratne

Affiliation Department of Rabies Diagnosis and Research, Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Susilakanthi Nanayakkara

Affiliation Department of Rabies Diagnosis and Research, Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Devika Perera

Affiliation Department of Rabies Diagnosis and Research, Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Akira Nishizono

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

Kamruddin Ahmed

ahmed@oita-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan, Research Promotion Institute, Oita University, Yufu, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DK OW SN DP TM AN KA. Performed the experiments: DK OW SN DP. Analyzed the data: DK OW SN DP TM AN KA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OW SN DP AN KA. Wrote the paper: DK OW SN DP TM AN KA.