About the Authors

Shalu Verma-Kumar

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

Contributed equally to this work with: Shalu Verma-Kumar, David Abraham, Kithiganahalli Narayanaswamy Balaji

Affiliation Asian Nature Conservation Foundation, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Nandini Dendukuri

Affiliations Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Jacob Varghese Cheeran

Affiliation Cheerans Lab (P) Limited, Thrissur, Kerala, India

Raman Sukumar

Affiliation Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Kithiganahalli Narayanaswamy Balaji

Contributed equally to this work with: Shalu Verma-Kumar, David Abraham, Kithiganahalli Narayanaswamy Balaji

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.