About the Authors

Satyanarayana Ramanaik

Contributed equally to this work with: Satyanarayana Ramanaik, Leigh M. McClarty, Robert R. Lorway

satya@khpt.org

Affiliations Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research, Dharwad, Karnataka, India, Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Leigh M. McClarty

Contributed equally to this work with: Satyanarayana Ramanaik, Leigh M. McClarty, Robert R. Lorway

Affiliation Centre for Global Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Shamshad Khan

Affiliation Department of Communication, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

B. M. Ramesh

Affiliations Karnataka Health Promotion Trust, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Centre for Global Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Monika Doshi

Affiliation Centre for Global Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Marissa L. Becker

Affiliations Centre for Global Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Robert R. Lorway

Contributed equally to this work with: Satyanarayana Ramanaik, Leigh M. McClarty, Robert R. Lorway

Affiliation Centre for Global Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB RL. Performed the experiments: SR BMR RL. Analyzed the data: SR LMM RL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR LMM RL. Wrote the paper: SR LMM RL. Reviewed and commented on the manuscript: SK MD MB.