About the Authors
- Deborah Dean
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ddean@chori.org
Affiliations Center for Immunobiology and Vaccine Development, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, United States of America , Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, California, United States of America , Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, and University of California, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Ram P Kandel
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Lumbini Rana-Ambika Eye Hospital, Bhairahawa, Nepal
- Him K Adhikari
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Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Lumbini Rana-Ambika Eye Hospital, Bhairahawa, Nepal
- Tracey Hessel
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California at San Francisco, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
DD led the project, designed the experiments and the study, contributed to the field aspects of the study, analyzed the data, and made a major contribution to the writing of the paper. RPK and HKA enrolled patients and ensured appropriate conduct of the study for its duration in the field. TH analyzed the data, contributed to the field aspects of the study, and wrote the first draft of the paper.