About the Authors

Navjyot K. Vidwan

nkvidwan@gmail.com

Affiliation Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Annie Regi

Affiliation Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Mark Steinhoff

Affiliation Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Jill S. Huppert

Affiliation Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Mary Allen Staat

Affiliation Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Caitlin Dodd

Affiliation Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Rida Nongrum

Affiliation Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Shalini Anandan

Affiliation Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Valsan Verghese

Affiliation Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NKV MS JSH MAS AR VV. Performed the experiments: NKV RN SA. Analyzed the data: NKV MS JSH MAS CD RN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR SA VV CD. Wrote the paper: NKV MS JSH MAS RN AR. Study supervision: MS AR VV.