About the Authors

Murari L. Das

Affiliation BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Shri P. Singh

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Veerle Vanlerberghe

vvanlerberghe@itg.be

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Suman Rijal

Affiliation BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Madhukar Rai

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Prahlad Karki

Affiliation BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Shyam Sundar

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Marleen Boelaert

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Singh S, Boeleart M, Vanlerberghe V, Das M, Rijal S, Karki P, Sundar S, Rai M. Performed the experiments: Das M, Singh S. Analyzed the data: Das M, Singh S. Wrote the paper: Boelaert M, Vanlerberghe V, Das ML, Singh S.