About the Authors

Jayadeep Patra

patraj@smh.ca

Affiliations Centre for Global Health Research, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dalla-Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, Canada

Mehak Bhatia

Affiliations Centre for Global Health Research, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dalla-Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, Canada

Wilson Suraweera

Affiliation Centre for Global Health Research, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Shaun K. Morris

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cyril Patra

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Prakash C. Gupta

Affiliation Healis–Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Mumbai, India

Prabhat Jha

Affiliations Centre for Global Health Research, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dalla-Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP MB. Performed the experiments: JP MB WS SKM CP PCG PJ. Analyzed the data: JP MB WS CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP MB WS SKM CP PCG PJ. Wrote the paper: JP MB WS SKM CP PCG PJ. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.