About the Authors

Krishna M. Palipudi

kpalipudi@cdc.gov

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Prakash C. Gupta

Affiliation Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, Mumbai, India

Dhirendra N. Sinha

Affiliation South East Asia Regional Office, World Health Organization, New Delhi, India

Linda J. Andes

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Samira Asma

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Tim McAfee

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

on behalf of the GATS Collaborative Group

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KP. Provided input into conception and design of experiments: DS PG. Performed the experiments: KP. Analyzed the data: LA KP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KP LA. Wrote the paper: KP PG DS SA TM.