About the Authors

Saswati Datta

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Subhasree Roy

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Somdatta Chatterjee

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Anindya Saha

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Barsha Sen

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Titir Pal

Affiliation AbsolutData Research and Analytics, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Tapas Som

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Sulagna Basu

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.