About the Authors

Anuja P. Premawardhana

Contributed equally to this work with: Anuja P. Premawardhana, Rasnayaka Mudiyanse, Shamila T. De Silva, Sachith Mettananda, David J. Weatherall, Nancy F. Oliveri

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

premawa@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Rasnayaka Mudiyanse

Contributed equally to this work with: Anuja P. Premawardhana, Rasnayaka Mudiyanse, Shamila T. De Silva, Sachith Mettananda, David J. Weatherall, Nancy F. Oliveri

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Shamila T. De Silva

Contributed equally to this work with: Anuja P. Premawardhana, Rasnayaka Mudiyanse, Shamila T. De Silva, Sachith Mettananda, David J. Weatherall, Nancy F. Oliveri

Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Nilam Jiffry

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Teaching Hospital, Kurunegala, Sri Lanka

Udaya Nelumdeniya

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Provincial General Hospital, Badulla, Sri Lanka

Udaya de Silva

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Teaching Hospital, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

Sanath P. Lamabadusuriya

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Teaching Hospital, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

K. Pushpakumara

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation District General Hospital, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka

Randima Dissanayaka

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation General Hospital, Chilaw, Sri Lanka

M. Jansz

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation General Hospital, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka

I. Rifaya

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation District General Hospital, Ampara, Sri Lanka

Upul Navarathne

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation District General Hospital, Monaragala, Sri Lanka

V. Thirukumaran

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

Mahinda Arambepola

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Teaching Hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Wijesundara Dayanada Bandara

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation District General Hospital, Matale, Sri Lanka

U. Vaidyanatha

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Lady Ridgeway Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Devan Mendis

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Lady Ridgeway Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka

K. Weerasekara

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Lady Ridgeway Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Nalika De Silva

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Lady Ridgeway Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka

D. K. Shantha Kumara

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation District General Hospital, Matara, Sri Lanka

Sujeewa D. Amarasena

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Teaching Hospital Karapitiya, Galle, Sri Lanka

K. K. Hemantha

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation District General Hospital, Hambantota, Sri Lanka

M. A. C. M. Refai

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Anti-Tuberculosis Campaign, Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Ishari Silva

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Hemal's Adolescent and Adult Thalassemia Care Centre, North Colombo Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka

Nizri Hameed

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Hemal's Adolescent and Adult Thalassemia Care Centre, North Colombo Teaching Hospital, Ragama, Sri Lanka

F. Rajiyah

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Sachith Mettananda

Contributed equally to this work with: Anuja P. Premawardhana, Rasnayaka Mudiyanse, Shamila T. De Silva, Sachith Mettananda, David J. Weatherall, Nancy F. Oliveri

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Angela Allen

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

David J. Weatherall

Contributed equally to this work with: Anuja P. Premawardhana, Rasnayaka Mudiyanse, Shamila T. De Silva, Sachith Mettananda, David J. Weatherall, Nancy F. Oliveri

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Nancy F. Oliveri

Contributed equally to this work with: Anuja P. Premawardhana, Rasnayaka Mudiyanse, Shamila T. De Silva, Sachith Mettananda, David J. Weatherall, Nancy F. Oliveri

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.