About the Authors

Santwana Verma

drsantwana@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Ghanshyam K. Verma

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Gagandeep Singh

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Anil Kanga

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Vinay Shanker

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Digvijay Singh

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Poonam Gupta

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Kiran Mokta

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Vinita Sharma

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SV GKV GS AK DS V. Shanker. Performed the experiments: SV GKV GS PG KM V. Sharma. Analyzed the data: SV GS GKV PG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK DS SV GKV GS V. Shanker. Wrote the paper: SV GKV GS AK V. Shanker.