About the Authors

Sandeep Rai

Affiliation Jharkhand and Bihar State AIDS Control Society, Ranchi, India

Bidhubhusan Mahapatra

bbmahapatra@popcouncil.org

Affiliation HIV and AIDS Program, Population Council, New Delhi, India

Subhashish Sircar

Affiliation Jharkhand and Bihar State AIDS Control Society, Ranchi, India

Pinnamaneni Yujwal Raj

Affiliation National AIDS Control Organization, Department of AIDS Control, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India

Srinivasan Venkatesh

Affiliation National AIDS Control Organization, Department of AIDS Control, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India

Mohammed Shaukat

Affiliation National AIDS Control Organization, Department of AIDS Control, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India

Bharat Bhusan Rewari

Affiliation National AIDS Control Organization, Department of AIDS Control, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR BM SS. Performed the experiments: SR SS BBR SV. Analyzed the data: BM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SR SV PYR MS BBR. Wrote the paper: SR BM.