About the Authors

Gajendra Kumar Katara

Affiliation Institute of Pathology (ICMR), Safdarjung Hospital Campus, New Delhi, India

Nasim Akhtar Ansari

Current address: Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Institute of Pathology (ICMR), Safdarjung Hospital Campus, New Delhi, India

Sandeep Verma

Affiliation Institute of Pathology (ICMR), Safdarjung Hospital Campus, New Delhi, India

V. Ramesh

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India

Poonam Salotra

salotra@vsnl.com

Affiliation Institute of Pathology (ICMR), Safdarjung Hospital Campus, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GKK NAA SV PS. Performed the experiments: GKK SV. Analyzed the data: GKK SV NAA PS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VR PS. Wrote the paper: GKK NAA SV PS.