About the Authors

Taranum Ruba Siddiqui

elegy_tt@hotmail.com

Affiliation Pakistan Health Research Council, PHRC Research Centre, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Saima Ghazal

Affiliation Pakistan Health Research Council, PHRC Research Centre, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Safia Bibi

Affiliation Pakistan Health Research Council, PHRC Research Centre, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Waquaruddin Ahmed

Affiliation Pakistan Health Research Council, PHRC Research Centre, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Shaimuna Fareeha Sajjad

Affiliations Pakistan Health Research Council, PHRC Research Centre, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, Field Epidemiology & Laboratory Training Program (FELTP), Islamabad, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG TRS SB WA. Performed the experiments: SG TRS SB SFS WA. Analyzed the data: TRS SB. Wrote the paper: TRS SB SG SFS WA.