About the Authors

Vinay Modgil

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

Jaspreet Mahindroo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

Chandradeo Narayan

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

Manmohit Kalia

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

Md Yousuf

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

Varun Shahi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

Meenakshi Koundal

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

Pankaj Chaudhary

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (PGIMER), India

Ruby Jain

Roles Resources

Affiliation Civil Hospital Manimajra, Chandigarh, India

Kawaljeet Singh Sandha

Roles Resources

Affiliation Civil Hospital Manimajra, Chandigarh, India

Seema Tanwar

Roles Resources

Affiliation Civil Hospital Ambala, Haryana, India

Pratima Gupta

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

Kamlesh Thakur

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College Kangra (RPGMC), Himachal Pradesh, India

Digvijay Singh

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Medical college (IGMC), Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Neha Gautam

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Indira Gandhi Medical college (IGMC), Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Manish Kakkar

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Public Health Foundation of India, Delhi, India

Bhavneet Bharti

Roles Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (PGIMER), India

Balvinder Mohan

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

Neelam Taneja

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

drneelampgi@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.