About the Authors

Om Prakash Singh

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Epco Hasker

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium

Marleen Boelaert

† Deceased.

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium

David Sacks

Affiliation Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Shyam Sundar

drshyamsundar@hotmail.com

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.