About the Authors

Pankaj Srivastava

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Sanjana Mehrotra

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Puja Tiwary

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Jaya Chakravarty

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Shyam Sundar

drshyamsundar@hotmail.com

Affiliation Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS PS SM PT JC. Performed the experiments: PS SM PT. Analyzed the data: SS JC PS SM PT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS JC. Wrote the paper: SS JC PS SM.