Time delays in treatment of snakebite patients in rural Sri Lanka and the need for rapid diagnostic tests

• Anjana Silva ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: nkanjanasilva@gmail.com

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka, Monash Venom Group, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia, South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9968-3707

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• Jiri Hlusicka,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Charles University in Prague, 1st Faculty of Medicine, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic

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• Nipuna Siribaddana,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9541-4967

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• Subodha Waiddyanatha,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliations Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka, South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6184-7948

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• Senaka Pilapitiya,

  Roles Investigation

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2147-2835

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• Prasanna Weerawansa,

  Roles Investigation

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8711-9204

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• Niroshan Lokunarangoda,

  Roles Investigation

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8216-8381

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• Sujeewa Thalgaspitiya,

  Roles Investigation

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

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• Sisira Siribaddana,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5821-2557

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• Geoffrey K. Isbister

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

  Affiliations Monash Venom Group, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia, South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Clinical Toxicology Research Group, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1519-7419

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