About the Authors

Om Prakash Singh

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Carmel B. Stober

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Abhishek Kr. Singh

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Jenefer M. Blackwell

Contributed equally to this work with: Jenefer M. Blackwell, Shyam Sundar

jblackwell@ichr.uwa.edu.au (JMB); drshyamsundar@hotmail.com (SS)

Affiliations Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia

Shyam Sundar

Contributed equally to this work with: Jenefer M. Blackwell, Shyam Sundar

jblackwell@ichr.uwa.edu.au (JMB); drshyamsundar@hotmail.com (SS)

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CBS JMB. Performed the experiments: OPS AKS. Analyzed the data: OPS JMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CBS JMB. Wrote the paper: OPS CBS JMB. Supervised the research: SS.