About the Authors

Avranil Goswami

Affiliation Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata, India

Urmita Chakraborty

Affiliation Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata, India

Tanmay Mahapatra

Affiliation Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Sanchita Mahapatra

Affiliation Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Tapajyoti Mukherjee

Affiliation Burdwan Medical College & Hospital, Burdwan, India

Shibali Das

Affiliation Bose Institute, Kolkata, India

Aritra Das

Affiliation Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Subir Kumar Dey

Affiliation Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, India

Sudhin Ray

Affiliation SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, India

Basudev Bhattacharya

Affiliation Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata, India

Nishith Kumar Pal

nishithkpal53@gmail.com

Affiliation Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Kolkata, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG UC TJM SR SKD NKP. Performed the experiments: AG UC TJM BB SD. Analyzed the data: AG UC TM SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TM SM SR SKD NKP. Wrote the manuscript: AG UC TM SM AD BB NKP. Thorough copy-editing of the manuscript for language usage, spelling, and grammar: AD.