Viral burden and diversity in acute respiratory tract infections in hospitalized children in wet and dry zones of Sri Lanka

• J. A. A. S. Jayaweera ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: J. A. A. S. Jayaweera, F. Noordeen

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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• A. J. Morel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Teaching Hospital, Gampola, Gampola, Sri Lanka

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• A. M. S. B. Abeykoon,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

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

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• F. N. N. Pitchai ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5110-7604

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• H. S. Kothalawela ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

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

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• J. S. M. Peiris,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

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• F. Noordeen

  Contributed equally to this work with: J. A. A. S. Jayaweera, F. Noordeen

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: faseeha.noordeen12@gmail.com, faseehan@pdn.ac.lk

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2018-0606

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