About the Authors

Anurag Bhargava

anuragb17@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Jolly Grant, Uttarakhand, India

Madhuri Chatterjee

Affiliation Krishak Maitri Hospital, Chengail, West Bengal, India

Yogesh Jain

Affiliation Jan Swasthya Sahyog, Village and P.O.Ganiyari, Chhattisgarh, India

Biswaroop Chatterjee

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Jolly Grant, Uttarakhand, India

Anju Kataria

Affiliation Jan Swasthya Sahyog, Village and P.O.Ganiyari, Chhattisgarh, India

Madhavi Bhargava

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Jolly Grant, Uttarakhand, India

Raman Kataria

Affiliation Jan Swasthya Sahyog, Village and P.O.Ganiyari, Chhattisgarh, India

Ravi D’Souza

Affiliation Centre for Public Health and Equity, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

Rachna Jain

Affiliation Jan Swasthya Sahyog, Village and P.O.Ganiyari, Chhattisgarh, India

Andrea Benedetti

Affiliation Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Madhukar Pai

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Dick Menzies

Affiliation Respiratory Epidemiology & Clinical Research Unit, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: A. Bhargava MC YJ BC AK RK MB RJ MP DM. Performed the experiments: A. Bhargava MC YJ BC AK RK RD MB RJ A. Benedetti MP DM. Analyzed the data: A. Bhargava A. Benedetti MP DM. Wrote the manuscript: A. Bhargava MC YJ BC RD MB MP DM.