About the Authors

Paritosh Malaviya

Contributed equally to this work with: Paritosh Malaviya, Albert Picado

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Albert Picado

Contributed equally to this work with: Paritosh Malaviya, Albert Picado

Affiliation Epidemiology and Disease Control Unit, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Shri Prakash Singh

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Epco Hasker

Affiliation Epidemiology and Disease Control Unit, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Rudra Pratap Singh

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Marleen Boelaert

Affiliation Epidemiology and Disease Control Unit, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Shyam Sundar

drshyamsundar@hotmail.com

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM MB SS. Performed the experiments: PM SPS RPS SS. Analyzed the data: PM AP SPS EH MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM AP SPS EH MB SS. Wrote the paper: PM AP SPS EH RPS MB SS.