Transmission dynamics, clinical characteristics and sero-surveillance in the COVID-19 outbreak in a population dense area of Colombo, Sri Lanka April- May 2020

• Chandima Jeewandara ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chandima Jeewandara, Dinuka Guruge, Deshni Jayathilaka

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

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

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• Dinuka Guruge ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chandima Jeewandara, Dinuka Guruge, Deshni Jayathilaka

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Colombo Municipal Council, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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• Deshni Jayathilaka ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chandima Jeewandara, Dinuka Guruge, Deshni Jayathilaka

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

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

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• Panambara Arachchige Deshan Madhusanka,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

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• Pradeep Darshana Pushpakumara,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

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

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• Shyrar Tanussiya Ramu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

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

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• Inoka Sepali Aberathna,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

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• Danasekara Rallage Saubhagya Rasikangani Danasekara,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

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

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• Thilagaraj Pathmanathan,

  Roles Investigation

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

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• Buddhini Gunatilaka,

  Roles Investigation

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

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• Sauni Malavige,

  Roles Data curation

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

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• Yowan Dias,

  Roles Data curation

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

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• Ruwan Wijayamuni,

  Roles Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Colombo Municipal Council, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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• Graham S. Ogg,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation MRC Human Immunology Unit, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Gathsaurie Neelika Malavige

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gathsaurie.malavige@ndm.ox.ac.uk

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9201-0449

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