About the Authors

Mamta Jajoo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, New Delhi, India

Vikas Manchanda

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, New Delhi, India

Suman Chaurasia

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

M. Jeeva Sankar

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jeevasankar@gmail.com (MJS); ra.aiims@gmail.com (SR)

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Hitender Gautam

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, New Delhi, India

Ramesh Agarwal

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jeevasankar@gmail.com (MJS); ra.aiims@gmail.com (SR)

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Chander Prakash Yadav

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi, India

Kailash C. Aggarwal

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Vardhman Mahaveer Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India

Harish Chellani

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Vardhman Mahaveer Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India

Siddharth Ramji

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College and LNJP Hospital, New Delhi, India

Monorama Deb

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Vardhman Mahaveer Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India

Rajni Gaind

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Vardhman Mahaveer Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India

Surinder Kumar

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Maulana Azad Medical College and LNJP Hospital, New Delhi, India

Sugandha Arya

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Vardhman Mahaveer Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India

Vishnubhatla Sreenivas

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Arti Kapil

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Purva Mathur

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, JPNA Trauma Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, India

Reeta Rasaily

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Reproductive Health & Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, India

Ashok K. Deorari

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Vinod K. Paul

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Investigators of the Delhi Neonatal Infection Study (DeNIS) collaboration, New Delhi, India

Investigators of the Delhi Neonatal Infection Study (DeNIS) collaboration, New Delhi, India (Complete list of investigators provided in S3 File)

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.