About the Authors

Monika Sharma

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Rakesh Sehgal

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Bashir Ahmad Fomda

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Sher-i Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Anil Malhotra

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Indira Gandhi Medical Collage, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Nancy Malla

drmallanancy@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS NM RS. Performed the experiments: MS NM. Analyzed the data: MS NM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS NM RS BAF AM. Wrote the paper: MS NM RS.