About the Authors

Naseem Salahuddin

naseem.salahuddin@tih.org.pk

Affiliation Infectious Disease Division, Department of Medicine, The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

M. Aftab Gohar

Affiliation Emergency Department, The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Naila Baig-Ansari

Affiliation Indus Hospital Research Center, The Indus Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NS. Performed the experiments: MAG. Analyzed the data: NS NBA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NS MAG NBA. Wrote the paper: NS NBA. Obtained costing information: NS. Interpretation of data: NS.