About the Authors

Mrigya Babuta

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

M Shahid Mansuri

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Sudha Bhattacharya

Affiliation School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Alok Bhattacharya

alok.bhattacharya@gmail.com, alok0200@mail.jnu.ac.in

Affiliations School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, School of Natural Sciences, Department of life Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Uttar Pradesh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB SB AB. Analyzed the data: MB SB AB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB AB. Wrote the paper: MB SB AB. Helped in binding experiments and Erythrophagocytosis assay: MB MSM.