About the Authors

Meghnath Dhimal

meghdhimal@gmail.com

Affiliations Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Ministry of Health and Population Complex, Kathmandu, Nepal, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (IAU), Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Ishan Gautam

Affiliation Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan University, Swayambhu, Kathmandu, Nepal

Aljoscha Kreß

Affiliation Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Ruth Müller

Affiliation Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Ulrich Kuch

Affiliations Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MD UK. Performed the experiments: MD IG. Analyzed the data: MD UK RM AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MD UK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MD UK RM.