About the Authors

Vikram Mathews

vikram@cmcvellore.ac.in

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Biju George

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Auro Viswabandya

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Aby Abraham

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Rayaz Ahmed

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Abhijeet Ganapule

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Eunice Sindhuvi

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Kavitha M. Lakshmi

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Alok Srivastava

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VM. Performed the experiments: VM BG AV RA AG ES AS AA. Analyzed the data: VM KML BG AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ES. Wrote the paper: VM BG AS.