About the Authors

John A. Schneider

jschnei1@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Rakhi Dandona

Affiliation Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India

Shravani Pasupneti

Affiliation Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Vemu Lakshmi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India

Chuanhong Liao

Affiliation Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Vijay Yeldandi

Affiliation SHARE-India, Hyderabad, India

Kenneth H. Mayer

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Community Health, Brown University, 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: JS RD VY KHM. Performed the experiments: JS RD SP. Analyzed the data: JS RD SP CL VY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS RD VL. Wrote the paper: JS RD SP VL VY KHM.