About the Authors

Dipika Neupane

dipikaneupane28@gmail.com

Affiliation Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal

Sarmila Dhakal

Affiliation Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal

Sabita Thapa

Affiliation Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal

Parash Mani Bhandari

Affiliation Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, Nepal

Shiva Raj Mishra

Affiliations School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, WA 6009, Perth, Australia, Nepal Development Society, Bharatpur-10, Nepal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DN SD. Performed the experiments: DN SD ST. Analyzed the data: DN PMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DN SD ST. Wrote the paper: DN SD ST PMB SRM.