About the Authors

Chandrashekhar T. Sreeramareddy

chandrashekharats@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Tunku Abdul Rahman, Sungai Long, Malaysia

T. N. Sathyanarayana

Affiliation Indian Institute of Public Health, Bangalore Campus, Public Health Foundation of India, Bangalore, India

H. N. Harsha Kumar

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: CTS HNHK TNS. Analyzed the data: CTS HNHK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CTS TNS. Wrote the paper: CTS HNHK TNS.