About the Authors

Haider Javed Warraich

haider_warrraich@hotmail.com

Affiliation Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Faisal Javed

Affiliation Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Mohammed Faraz-ul-Haq

Affiliation Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Fariha Batool Khawaja

Affiliation Medical College, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Sarah Saleem

Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJW MFuH SS. Performed the experiments: HJW FJ MFuH FBK. Analyzed the data: HJW FJ SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HJW FBK. Wrote the paper: HJW.