About the Authors

Mohammod Jobayer Chisti

chisti@icddrb.org

Affiliations International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (icddr,b), Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Centre for International Child Health, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Mohammed Abdus Salam

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

Rubhana Raqib

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

Sayera Banu

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

Abu ASMSB Shahid

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

KM Shahunja

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

Lazina Sharmin

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

Hasan Ashraf

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

Abu Syed Golam Faruque

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

Pradip Kumar Bardhan

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

Tahmeed Ahmed

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJC MAS RR SB ASMSBS KMS LS HA ASGF PKB TA. Performed the experiments: MJC MAS ASMSBS KMS LS HA PKB TA. Analyzed the data: MJC MAS RR SB ASMSBS KMS LS HA ASGF PKB TA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJC RR SB TA. Wrote the paper: MJC MAS RR SB ASMSBS KMS LS HA ASGF PKB TA. Defended the Research review Committee and Ethical Review Committee: MJC.