About the Authors

Meghnath Dhimal

meghdhimal@gmail.com

Affiliations Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Ramshah Path, Kathmandu, Nepal, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Institute for Atmosphere and Environment, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Krishna Kumar Aryal

Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Ramshah Path, Kathmandu, Nepal

Mandira Lamichhane Dhimal

Affiliations Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Ishan Gautam

Affiliation Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan University, Swoyambhu, Kathmandu, Nepal

Shanker Pratap Singh

Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Ramshah Path, Kathmandu, Nepal

Chop Lal Bhusal

Current address: Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathamndu, Nepal

Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Ramshah Path, Kathmandu, Nepal

Ulrich Kuch

Current address: Institute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Environmental Medicine, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Affiliation Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MD KKA IG UK. Performed the experiments: MD. Analyzed the data: MD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLB UK SS MD. Wrote the paper: MD MLD UK.