About the Authors

Mohammod Jobayer Chisti

chisti@icddrb.org

Affiliations Centre for Nutrition & Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dhaka Hospital, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mohammed Abdus Salam

Affiliation Research Administration, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Hasan Ashraf

Affiliations Centre for Nutrition & Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dhaka Hospital, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abu S. G. Faruque

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition & Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Pradip Kumar Bardhan

Affiliations Centre for Nutrition & Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dhaka Hospital, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Md Iqbal Hossain

Affiliations Centre for Nutrition & Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dhaka Hospital, icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abu S. M. S. B. Shahid

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition & Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

K. M. Shahunja

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition & Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Sumon Kumar Das

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition & Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Gazi Imran

Affiliation Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Tahmeed Ahmed

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition & Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarhoeal 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: MJC MAS HA ASGF PKB MIH ASMSBS KMS SKD GI TA. Performed the experiments: MJC MAS HA ASGF PKB MIH ASMSBS KMS SKD GI TA. Analyzed the data: MJC MAS HA TA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ASGF PKB ASMSBS KMS SKD GI. Wrote the paper: MJC MAS TA. Contributed in reviewing of a number of drafts with highly relevant scientific input during writing the manuscript: MJC MAS HA ASGF PKB MIH ASMSBS KMS SKD GI TA.