About the Authors

Balakrishnan S. Ramakrishna

*E-mail: rama@cmcvellore.ac.in

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Venkataraman Subramanian

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Vivek Mohan

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Bendon K. Sebastian

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

Graeme P. Young

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Flinders University, Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Michael J. Farthing

Affiliation St. George's, University of London, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

Henry J. Binder

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GY HB BR MF. Performed the experiments: VM BS VS. Analyzed the data: BR VS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GY BR. Wrote the paper: BR VS. Other: Provided reviews of the study as well as of the manuscript: MF. Provided external review including site visits, expert advice, and assisted in editing the manuscript: HB. Designed the study: BR.