About the Authors

Ankita Agarwal

Affiliation Division of Virology, Defence R and D Establishment, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

Paban Kumar Dash

pabandash@drde.drdo.in (PKD); paul.reiter@pasteur.fr (PR)

Affiliation Division of Virology, Defence R and D Establishment, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

Anil Kumar Singh

Affiliation Division of Vector Management, Defence R and D Establishment, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

Shashi Sharma

Affiliation Division of Virology, Defence R and D Establishment, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

Natarajan Gopalan

Current address: DRDO-Bharathiar University Center for Life Sciences (DRDO – BU CLS), Bharathiar University Campus, Coimbatore, India

Affiliation Division of Vector Management, Defence R and D Establishment, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

Putcha Venkata Lakshmana Rao

Current address: DRDO-Bharathiar University Center for Life Sciences (DRDO – BU CLS), Bharathiar University Campus, Coimbatore, India

Affiliation Division of Virology, Defence R and D Establishment, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

Man Mohan Parida

Affiliation Division of Virology, Defence R and D Establishment, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

Paul Reiter

pabandash@drde.drdo.in (PKD); paul.reiter@pasteur.fr (PR)

Affiliation Insects and Infectious Disease Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PKD PR. Performed the experiments: AA PKD AKS SS. Analyzed the data: PKD AA NG PVLR MMP PR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NG PVLR MMP. Wrote the paper: AA PKD PR.