About the Authors

Johanne Haugen

johanne_haugen@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Lillehammer, Norway, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Ram K. Chandyo

Affiliation Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Karl A. Brokstad

Affiliation Broegelmann Research Laboratory, Dept. of Clinical Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Maria Mathisen

Affiliation University hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Manjeswori Ulak

Affiliation Department of Child Health, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Sudha Basnet

Affiliation Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Palle Valentiner-Branth

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Tor A. Strand

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Lillehammer, Norway, Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TAS PVB SB JH KAB. Performed the experiments: MU RKC JH KAB. Analyzed the data: JH TAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAB. Wrote the paper: JH RKC KAB MM MU SB PVB TAS.