About the Authors

Bipin Adhikari

biopion@gmail.com

Affiliations TB/HIV Department, Medecins Sans Frontieres Holland, Nasir Hospital, Nasir, South Sudan, College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Nils Kaehler

Affiliations College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, Rissa Legesenter, Rissa, Norway

Robert S. Chapman

Affiliation College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Shristi Raut

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal

Paul Roche

Affiliation Green Pastures Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre, Pokhara, Nepal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BA NK RSC SR PR. Performed the experiments: BA NK RSC SR PR. Analyzed the data: BA NK RSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BA NK RSC PR. Wrote the paper: BA NK SR PR. Translation of questionnaire: BA SR PR. Ethical Permission: BA PR.