About the Authors

Surendra Uranw

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Ghopa, Dharan, Nepal, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Bart Ostyn

bostyn@itg.be

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Arpana Rijal

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Ghopa, Dharan, Nepal

Saru Devkota

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Ghopa, Dharan, Nepal

Basudha Khanal

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Ghopa, Dharan, Nepal

Joris Menten

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Marleen Boelaert

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Suman Rijal

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Ghopa, Dharan, Nepal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SU BO MB SR. Performed the experiments: SU SD AR BK. Analyzed the data: SU BO JM MB SR. Wrote the paper: SU BO MB AR SR.