About the Authors

Mandeep S. Chadha

mscniv@gmail.com

Affiliation National Institute of Virology, Pune, India

Varsha A. Potdar

Affiliation National Institute of Virology, Pune, India

Siddhartha Saha

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA

Parvaiz A. Koul

Affiliation Sheri-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India

Shobha Broor

Affiliation All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Lalit Dar

Affiliation All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Mamta Chawla-Sarkar

Affiliation National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India

Dipankar Biswas

Affiliation Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh, India

Palani Gunasekaran

Affiliation King Institute of Preventive Medicine & Research, Chennai, India

Asha Mary Abraham

Affiliation Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Sunanda Shrikhande

Affiliation Indira Gandhi Medical College, Nagpur, India

Amita Jain

Affiliation King George Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow, India

Balakrishnan Anukumar

Affiliation National Institute of Virology, Alappuzha, India

Renu B. Lal

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA

Akhilesh C. Mishra

Affiliation National Institute of Virology, Pune, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSC VAP S. Saha PAK SB LD MCS DB PG AMA S. Shrikhande AJ BA RBL ACM. Performed the experiments: VAP SB LD PAK MCS DB PG AMA S. Shrikhande AJ BA. Analyzed the data: S. Saha RBL. Wrote the paper: MSC RBL. Provided genetic analysis: MSC VAP. Reviewed the draft: MSC VAP S. Saha PAK SB LD MCS DB PG AMA S. Shrikhande AJ BA RBL ACM.