About the Authors

Vivek Chandra

Affiliation Virology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Prasida Holla

Affiliation Virology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Dhrubaa Ghosh

Affiliation Virology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Debarshi Chakrabarti

Affiliation Department of Biomarker Discovery, Piramal Life Sciences Limited, Mumbai, India

Muralidhara Padigaru

Affiliation Department of Biomarker Discovery, Piramal Life Sciences Limited, Mumbai, India

Shahid Jameel

shahid@icgeb.res.in

Affiliation Virology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

Two of the authors (DC, MP) work for a commercial company (Piramal Life Science Limited) and one of the authors (MP) has declared owning shares in this company. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The remaining authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VC SJ. Performed the experiments: VC PH DC. Analyzed the data: VC DG SJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP. Wrote the paper: VC SJ.