About the Authors

Keshab Deuba

deuba4k@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Anna Mia Ekström

Affiliations Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Infectious Diseases, Huddinge, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Rachana Shrestha

Affiliation Nobel College, Pokhara University, Kathmandu, Nepal

George Ionita

Affiliation United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Kathmandu, Nepal

Laxmi Bhatta

Affiliation Nobel College, Pokhara University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Deepak Kumar Karki

Affiliation National Centre for AIDS and STD Control, Kathmandu, Nepal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Helped conceptualize the study, helped interpret the results and helped draft the manuscript: AME RS. Conceived and designed the experiments: KD. Performed the experiments: KD RS LB DKK. Analyzed the data: KD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KD AME RS LB GI DKK. Wrote the paper: KD.