About the Authors
- Sangeetha Rajenderan
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Affiliation Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, South India
- Veeraraghavan Balaji
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Affiliation Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, South India
- Shalini Anandan
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Affiliation Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, South India
- Rani Diana Sahni
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Affiliation Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, South India
- Giannoula S. Tansarli
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Affiliation Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Athens, Greece
- Matthew E. Falagas
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* E-mail: m.falagas@aibs.gr
Affiliations Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Athens, Greece, Department of Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases, Iaso General Hospital, Iaso Group, Athens, Greece, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd, Japan The sponsor “Meiji Seika Pharma Co.,ltd, Japan” provided commercial dry plates ‘EIKEN’ for the study and payment for consumables used in the study. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SR VB SA RDS. Performed the experiments: SR VB SA RDS. Analyzed the data: SR VB SA RDS GST MEF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR VB SA RDS GST MEF. Wrote the paper: MEF GST SR VB SA RDS.