About the Authors

Kamlesh Gidwani

Affiliation Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Albert Picado

Affiliations London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Suman Rijal

Affiliation BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Shri Prakash Singh

Affiliation Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Lalita Roy

Affiliation BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Vera Volfova

Affiliation Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Elisabeth Wreford Andersen

Affiliations London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Surendra Uranw

Affiliation BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Bart Ostyn

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Medhavi Sudarshan

Affiliation Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Jaya Chakravarty

Affiliation Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Petr Volf

Affiliation Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Shyam Sundar

Affiliation Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Marleen Boelaert

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Matthew Edward Rogers

matthew.rogers@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR AP MB SS SR. Performed the experiments: KG AP SPS LR VV SU BO MS JC PV MR. Analyzed the data: EWA AP MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VV PV. Wrote the paper: MR AP EWA MB.