About the Authors

Shweta Saraswat

Affiliation Virology Division, Defense Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior, India

T. N. Athmaram

Current address: Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Affiliation Virology Division, Defense Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior, India

Manmohan Parida

Affiliation Virology Division, Defense Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior, India

Ankita Agarwal

Affiliation Virology Division, Defense Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior, India

Amrita Saha

Affiliation Virology Division, Defense Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior, India

Paban Kumar Dash

pabandash@drde.drdo.in; pabandash@rediffmail.com

Affiliation Virology Division, Defense Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PKD MP TNA. Performed the experiments: SS AA AS. Analyzed the data: SS PKD TNA MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP PKD. Wrote the paper: SS PKD AA MP.