About the Authors

Pramod Kumar Gupta

Affiliation Radiation Medicine Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India

Pampi Chakraborty

Affiliation Radiation Medicine Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India

Santosh Kumar

Current address: Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Affiliation Tuberculosis Aerosol Challenge Facility, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

Prafull Kumar Singh

Current address: Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Centre, Freiburg, Germany

Affiliation Tuberculosis Aerosol Challenge Facility, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India

M. G. R. Rajan

Affiliation Radiation Medicine Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India

Krishna B. Sainis

Affiliation Radiation Medicine Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India

Savita Kulkarni

savita.kulkarni1@gmail.com

Affiliation Radiation Medicine Centre, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PKG S. Kulkarni. Performed the experiments: PKG PC S. Kumar PKS. Analyzed the data: PKG S. Kulkarni. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PKG S. Kulkarni MGRR. Wrote the paper: PKG S. Kulkarni KBS.