About the Authors

Greg Matlashewski

greg.matlashewski@mcgill.ca (GM); drpradeep.das@gmail.com (PD)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Vidya Nand Ravi Das

Affiliation Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Science, Patna, India

Krishna Pandey

Affiliation Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Science, Patna, India

Dharmendra Singh

Affiliation Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Science, Patna, India

Sushmita Das

Affiliation Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Science, Patna, India

Ayan Kumar Ghosh

Affiliation Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Science, Patna, India

Ravindra Nath Pandey

Affiliation Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Science, Patna, India

Pradeep Das

greg.matlashewski@mcgill.ca (GM); drpradeep.das@gmail.com (PD)

Affiliation Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Science, Patna, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GM VNRD RNP PD. Performed the experiments: KP DS SD AKG. Analyzed the data: GM VNRD RNP PD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KP DS SD AKG VNRD RNP PD. Wrote the paper: GM VNRD RNP PD.