About the Authors

Kangjam Rekha Devi

Affiliation Regional Medical Research Centre, N.E. Region (Indian Council of Medical Research), Post Box #105, Dibrugarh 786 001, Assam, India

Rinchenla Bhutia

Affiliation Regional Medical Research Centre, N.E. Region (Indian Council of Medical Research), Post Box #105, Dibrugarh 786 001, Assam, India

Shovonlal Bhowmick

Affiliation Regional Medical Research Centre, N.E. Region (Indian Council of Medical Research), Post Box #105, Dibrugarh 786 001, Assam, India

Kaustab Mukherjee

Affiliation Regional Medical Research Centre, N.E. Region (Indian Council of Medical Research), Post Box #105, Dibrugarh 786 001, Assam, India

Jagadish Mahanta

Affiliation Regional Medical Research Centre, N.E. Region (Indian Council of Medical Research), Post Box #105, Dibrugarh 786 001, Assam, India

Kanwar Narain

kanwar_narain@hotmail.com

Affiliation Regional Medical Research Centre, N.E. Region (Indian Council of Medical Research), Post Box #105, Dibrugarh 786 001, Assam, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KRD RB KN JM. Performed the experiments: KRD RB KM. Analyzed the data: KRD KN SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KRD KN. Wrote the paper: KRD RB SB KM KN JM.