About the Authors

A. K. Srikrishnan

Affiliation YRG CARE, VHS, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Kartik K. Venkatesh

Affiliation Miriam Hospital, Division of Infectious Diseases, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Suniti Solomon

Affiliation YRG CARE, VHS, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Easter Thamburaj

Affiliation YRG CARE, VHS, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

S. Anand

Affiliation YRG CARE, VHS, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

K. G. Kosalaraman

Affiliation YRG CARE, VHS, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Pachamuthu Balakrishnan

Affiliation YRG CARE, VHS, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Kenneth H. Mayer

Kenneth_Mayer@Brown.edu

Affiliation Miriam Hospital, Division of Infectious Diseases, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AKS SS PB KHM. Performed the experiments: AKS ET SA KGK PB. Analyzed the data: KKV SS SA KHM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AKS ET SA KGK PB. Wrote the paper: KKV SS.