About the Authors

V. Balaji

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Peter Daley

daleyp@cmcvellore.ac.in

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Alok Azad Anand

Affiliation Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Thambu Sudarsanam

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Joy Sarojini Michael

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Rani Diana Sahni

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Poorvi Chordia

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Ige Abraham George

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Kurien Thomas

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Alka Ganesh

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

K. R. John

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Dilip Mathai

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Christian Medical College Vellore, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PD. Performed the experiments: VB AAA TS JSM RDS PC IAG. Analyzed the data: PD AAA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT AG KRJ DM. Wrote the paper: PD AAA.