About the Authors

Sudesh Raj Sharma

yoursudesh@gmail.com

Affiliation Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal

Smith Giri

Affiliation The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, United States of America

Utsav Timalsina

Affiliation Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal

Sanjiv Sudarshan Bhandari

Affiliation Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal

Bikash Basyal

Affiliation Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal

Kusum Wagle

Affiliation Om Health Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal

Laxman Shrestha

Affiliation Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SRS SG. Performed the experiments: UT SSB BB LS. Analyzed the data: SRS KW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRS SG UT SSB BB LS. Wrote the paper: SRS KW.