About the Authors

Chandra S. Metgud

docchandra2006@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, KLE University, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India

Vijaya A. Naik

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, KLE University, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India

Maheshwar D. Mallapur

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, KLE University, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CSM VAN. Performed the experiments: CSM. Analyzed the data: CSM MDM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CSM. Wrote the paper: CSM VAN.