About the Authors

Vidya Nand Rabi Das

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (Indian Council of Medical Research), Agamkuan, Patna, Bihar, India

Niyamat Ali Siddiqui

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (Indian Council of Medical Research), Agamkuan, Patna, Bihar, India

Biplab Pal

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy Practice, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hajipur, Bihar, India

Chandra Shekhar Lal

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (Indian Council of Medical Research), Agamkuan, Patna, Bihar, India

Neena Verma

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (Indian Council of Medical Research), Agamkuan, Patna, Bihar, India

Ashish Kumar

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (Indian Council of Medical Research), Agamkuan, Patna, Bihar, India

Rakesh Bihari Verma

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (Indian Council of Medical Research), Agamkuan, Patna, Bihar, India

Dhirendra Kumar

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (Indian Council of Medical Research), Agamkuan, Patna, Bihar, India

Pradeep Das

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (Indian Council of Medical Research), Agamkuan, Patna, Bihar, India

Krishna Pandey

drkrishnapandey@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (Indian Council of Medical Research), Agamkuan, Patna, Bihar, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: VNRD KP PD. Data curation: NAS BP AK RBV. Formal analysis: NAS RBV BP DK. Investigation: VNRD KP CSL NV AK. Methodology: VNRD KP NAS BP RBV. Project administration: VNRD KP PD. Resources: VNRD KP PD. Software: NAS BP AK DK. Supervision: VNRD KP CSL PD. Validation: VNRD KP PD. Visualization: NV AK DK. Writing – original draft: VNRD KP BP. Writing – review & editing: VNRD KP BP NAS RBV PD.