About the Authors

Akhileshwar Singh

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Epidemic Intelligence Service Programme, National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi, India

Ashok Talyan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Epidemic Intelligence Service Programme, National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi, India

Ramesh Chandra

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Epidemic Intelligence Service Programme, National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi, India

Anubhav Srivastav

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Epidemic Intelligence Service Programme, National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi, India

Vasudeva Upadhya

Roles Data curation

Affiliation District Surveillance Office, Udupi, Karnataka, India

Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India, Center for Emerging and Tropical Diseases, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India

Shyamsundar Shreedhar

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India

Deepak Sudhakaran

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India

Suma Nair

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India

Mohan Papanna

Contributed equally to this work with: Mohan Papanna, Rajesh Yadav, Tanzin Dikid

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Global Health Protection, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America, Huck Institute of Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, PA, United States of America

Rajesh Yadav

Contributed equally to this work with: Mohan Papanna, Rajesh Yadav, Tanzin Dikid

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mdx5@cdc.gov (RY); tanzindikid@gmail.com (TD)

Affiliation Division of Global Health Protection, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States of America

Sujeet Kumar Singh

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliation Epidemic Intelligence Service Programme, National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi, India

Tanzin Dikid

Contributed equally to this work with: Mohan Papanna, Rajesh Yadav, Tanzin Dikid

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mdx5@cdc.gov (RY); tanzindikid@gmail.com (TD)

Affiliation Epidemic Intelligence Service Programme, National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.