About the Authors

Shantanu Kumar Kar

Contributed equally to this work with: Shantanu Kumar Kar, Bhagirathi Dwibedi

Affiliation Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR), Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Bhagirathi Dwibedi

Contributed equally to this work with: Shantanu Kumar Kar, Bhagirathi Dwibedi

Affiliation Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR), Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Anna Salomi Kerketa

Affiliation Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR), Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Antaryami Maharana

Affiliation Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR), Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Sudanshu S Panda

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Prafulla Chandra Mohanty

Affiliation Ultrasound Clinic, Forest Park, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

John Horton

hedgepigs@aol.com

Affiliation Tropical Projects, Hitchin, United Kingdom

Cherubala P Ramachandran

Affiliation Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKK BD JH CPR. Performed the experiments: SKK BD ASK AM SSP. Analyzed the data: SKK BD JH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PCM. Wrote the paper: SKK BD JH.