About the Authors

Epco Hasker

ehasker@itg.be

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Paritosh Malaviya

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Kamlesh Gidwani

Affiliations Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, Department of Biotechnology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Albert Picado

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain

Bart Ostyn

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Sangeeta Kansal

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Rudra Pratap Singh

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Om Prakash Singh

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Ankita Chourasia

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Abhishek Kumar Singh

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Ravi Shankar

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Mary E. Wilson

Affiliation University of Iowa and the Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Basudha Khanal

Affiliation B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Suman Rijal

Affiliation B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Marleen Boelaert

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Shyam Sundar

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EH KG AP MEW SR MB SS. Performed the experiments: PM KG SK RPS OPS AC AKS RS BK. Analyzed the data: EH PM AP BO MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KG OPS AC AKS BK. Wrote the paper: EH AP BO MEW MB.