About the Authors
- Shalu Verma-Kumar
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Contributed equally to this work with: Shalu Verma-Kumar, David Abraham, Kithiganahalli Narayanaswamy Balaji
Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- David Abraham
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Contributed equally to this work with: Shalu Verma-Kumar, David Abraham, Kithiganahalli Narayanaswamy Balaji
Affiliation Asian Nature Conservation Foundation, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Nandini Dendukuri
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Jacob Varghese Cheeran
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Affiliation Cheerans Lab (P) Limited, Thrissur, Kerala, India
- Raman Sukumar
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Affiliation Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Kithiganahalli Narayanaswamy Balaji
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Contributed equally to this work with: Shalu Verma-Kumar, David Abraham, Kithiganahalli Narayanaswamy Balaji
* E-mail: balaji@mcbl.iisc.ernet.in
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Competing Interests
Jacob Varghese Cheeran is employed by Cheerans Lab (P) Limited. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Cheerans Lab (P) Limited had no role in developing the serological tests described in the current investigation.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SVK DA KNB RS. Performed the experiments: SVK DA. Analyzed the data: ND SVK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS JVC ND KNB. Wrote the paper: SVK ND DA RS KNB.