About the Authors

Sushmita Das

sushmita.de2008@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, India

Ganesh Chandra Sahoo

Affiliation Virology Unit, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (ICMR), Patna, India

Pradeep Das

Affiliation Virology Unit, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (ICMR), Patna, India

Utpal Kant Singh

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, Patna, India

Anil Kumar Jaiswal

Current address: Department of Paediatrics, Patna Medical College and Hospital, Patna, India.

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, Patna, India

Prachi Singh

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, Patna, India

Ranjeet Kumar

Affiliation Virology Unit, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (ICMR), Patna, India

Rishikesh Kumar

Affiliation Virology Unit, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (ICMR), Patna, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD PD GCS. Performed the experiments: SD PS RK RSK GCS. Analyzed the data: SD PD UKS AKJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PD UKS AKJ. Wrote the paper: SD PD.