About the Authors

Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayeem Bin Shahid

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Tahmeed Ahmed

Affiliation Nutrition & Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

K. M. Shahunja

Affiliation Nutrition & Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Senjuti Kabir

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Fahmida Chowdhury

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abu Syeed Golam Faruque

Affiliation Nutrition & Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Sumon Kumar Das

Affiliation Nutrition & Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mohammad Habibur Rahman Sarker

Affiliation Nutrition & Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Pradip Kumar Bardhan

Affiliation Nutrition & Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mohammod Jobayer Chisti

chisti@icddrb.org

Affiliation Nutrition & Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASMSBS TA KMS SK FC ASGF SKD MHRS PKB MJC. Performed the experiments: ASMSBS KMS MJC. Analyzed the data: ASMSBS TA KMS SK FC ASGF SKD MHRS PKB MJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ASMSBS MHRS PKB MJC. Wrote the paper: ASMSBS TA KMS SK FC ASGF SKD MHRS PKB MJC. Final approval of the manuscript: MJC.