About the Authors

Michael J. Griffiths

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael J. Griffiths, Jennifer V. Lemon

griffmj@liv.ac.uk

Affiliations Brain Infections Group, Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Paediatric Neurology, Alder Hey Children's National Health Service Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Jennifer V. Lemon

Contributed equally to this work with: Michael J. Griffiths, Jennifer V. Lemon

Affiliation Brain Infections Group, Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Ajit Rayamajhi

Affiliations Brain Infections Group, Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Paediatrics, Kanti Children's Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal, Department of Paediatrics, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

Prakash Poudel

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

Pramina Shrestha

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Kanti Children's Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Vijay Srivastav

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

Rachel Kneen

Affiliations Brain Infections Group, Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Paediatric Neurology, Alder Hey Children's National Health Service Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Antonieta Medina-Lara

Affiliation Health Economics Group, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Rupa R. Singh

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal, Department of Paediatrics, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Tom Solomon

Affiliations Brain Infections Group, Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Neurology, The Walton Centre National Health Service Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom, National Consortium for Zoonosis Research, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Wirral, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJG JVL AML AR RRS TS. Performed the experiments: JVL PP PS VS AR. Analyzed the data: MJG JVL PP PS VS AR RK RRS AML. Wrote the paper: MJG JVL AML RK AR RRS TS.