About the Authors

Kamlesh Gidwani

Affiliation Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Stephen Jones

Affiliation Cellestis limited, Chadstone, Victoria, Australia

Rajiv Kumar

Affiliation Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Marleen Boelaert

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Shyam Sundar

drshyamsundar@hotmail.com

Affiliation Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJ RK MB SS. Performed the experiments: KG RK. Analyzed the data: KG RK MB SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJ SS. Wrote the paper: KG SJ MB SS.