About the Authors

Anil Pandit

Contributed equally to this work with: Anil Pandit, Amit Arjyal

Affiliation Patan Hospital, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Nepal

Amit Arjyal

Contributed equally to this work with: Anil Pandit, Amit Arjyal

Affiliation Patan Hospital, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Nepal

Jeremy N. Day

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom, Regional Infectious Diseases Unit, North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom

Buddhi Paudyal

Affiliation Patan Hospital, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Nepal

Sabina Dangol

Affiliation Patan Hospital, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Nepal

Mark D. Zimmerman

Affiliation Patan Hospital, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Nepal

Bharat Yadav

Affiliation Patan Hospital, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Nepal

Kasia Stepniewska

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

James I. Campbell

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Christiane Dolecek

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Jeremy J. Farrar

Affiliations Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Buddha Basnyat

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rishibas@wlink.com.np

Affiliations Patan Hospital, Lagankhel, Lalitpur, Nepal, Nepal International Clinic, Kathmandu, Nepal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JF BB AP AA JD MZ BY CD BP. Performed the experiments: JF BB AP AA JD SD MZ BY JC CD BP. Analyzed the data: KS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JF BB AP AA JD SD MZ BY JC CD BP. Wrote the paper: JF BB AP AA JD MZ BY CD BP. Other: Helped write the paper: JC KS SD.