About the Authors
- Narbada Thapa
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* E-mail: narbada_thapa@hotmail.com
¶‡ These authors are joint first authors on this work.
Affiliation Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Krishna Kumar Aryal
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¶‡ These authors are joint first authors on this work.
Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Rupendra Puri
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Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, District Ayurveda Health Centre, Department of Ayurveda, Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Saraswoti Shrestha
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Affiliation Initiative for Research Education and Community Health—Nepal (InREACH Nepal), Kathmandu, Nepal
- Sheela Shrestha
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Affiliation National Health Education, Information and Communication Centre, Ministry of Health and Population, Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Pukar Thapa
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Affiliation Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Suresh Mehata
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Affiliation Ipas Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Pushpa Thapa
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Affiliation Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC), Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Megha Raj Banjara
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Affiliation Central Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Babill Stray-Pedersen
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Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Division of Women and Children, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NT KKA RP Saraswoti Shrestha Sheela Shrestha MRB BSP. Performed the experiments: NT KKA RP Saraswoti Shrestha Sheela Shrestha BSP. Analyzed the data: NT KKA Saraswoti Shrestha SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NT KKA Pukar Thapa SM. Wrote the paper: NT KKA RP Saraswoti Shrestha Pukar Thapa SM Pushpa Thapa MRB BSP.