About the Authors

Tabish Hazir

Contributed equally to this work with: Tabish Hazir, Khadija Begum

tabishhazir@hotmail.com

Affiliation Children's Hospital, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan

Khadija Begum

Contributed equally to this work with: Tabish Hazir, Khadija Begum

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Shams el Arifeen

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Amira M. Khan

Affiliation Children's Hospital, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan

M. Hamidul Huque

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Narjis Kazmi

Affiliation Children's Hospital, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan

Sushmita Roy

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Saleem Abbasi

Affiliation Children's Hospital, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan

Qazi Sadeq-ur Rahman

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Evropi Theodoratou

Affiliation Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Mahmuda Shayema Khorshed

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Kazi Mizanur Rahman

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Sanwarul Bari

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

M. Mahfuzul Islam Kaiser

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Samir K. Saha

Affiliation Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

A. S. M. Nawshad Uddin Ahmed

Affiliation Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Igor Rudan

Affiliation Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Jennifer Bryce

Affiliation Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Shamim Ahmad Qazi

Affiliation Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Harry Campbell

Affiliation Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HC SAQ IR JB TH SEA. Performed the experiments: KB AMK SR NK MSK KMR SB MIK SKS ASMN TH SEA. Analyzed the data: HH NK SA ET QSR KB AMK TH SEA HC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: TH KB SEA AMK HH NK SA ET SAQ HC. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: TH KB SEA AMK HH NK SR SA QSR ET MSK KMR SB MIK SKS ASMN IR JB SAQ HC. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: TH KB SEA AMK HH NK SR SA QSR ET MSK KMR SB MIK SKS ASMN IR JB SAQ HC.