About the Authors

Pratima Ray

pratimaray.aiims@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Vinod H. Ratagiri

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, Karnataka, India

Sushil K. Kabra

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Rakesh Lodha

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Sumit Sharma

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

B. S. Sharma

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Mani Kalaivani

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Naveet Wig

Affiliation Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PR VHR SKK BSS NW. Performed the experiments: PR. Analyzed the data: PR RL MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PR SKK VHR BSS NW. Wrote the paper: PR SS.