About the Authors

Solomon Christopher

solomon.christopher@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Rejina Mariam Verghis

Affiliation The N.I. Clinical Research Support Centre, The Royal Hospitals, Belfast, United Kingdom

Belavendra Antonisamy

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Thuppal Varadachari Sowmyanarayanan

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Kootallur Narayanan Brahmadathan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Gagandeep Kang

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Ben Symons Cooper

Affiliations Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC RMV GK BSC. Performed the experiments: SC RMV TVS. Analyzed the data: SC RMV BSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BSC. Wrote the paper: SC BSC GK. Involved in critical revision of the manuscript: BA TVS KNB.