About the Authors
- Saswati Datta
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Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Subhasree Roy
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Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Somdatta Chatterjee
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Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Anindya Saha
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Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Barsha Sen
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Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Titir Pal
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Affiliation AbsolutData Research and Analytics, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
- Tapas Som
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Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Sulagna Basu
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* E-mail: supabasu@yahoo.co.in
Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: co-author Titir Pal is employed by AbsolutData Research and Analytics. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors also declare that none of the other authors have any potential conflicts of interests.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SB. Performed the experiments: SD SR SC. Analyzed the data: SD SR SC TP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS BS TS TP SB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SD SB TP. Coordinated collection of specimens, maintenance of clinical data: AS BS TS.