About the Authors

Arati Mane

Affiliation National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India

Amit Nirmalkar

Affiliation National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India

Arun R. Risbud

Affiliation National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India

Sten H. Vermund

Affiliation Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Sanjay M. Mehendale

Affiliation National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India

Vikrant V. Sahasrabuddhe

vikrant.sahasrabuddhe@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VVS SHV SMM ARR AM. Performed the experiments: AM ARR. Analyzed the data: VVS AN AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM AN ARR SHV SMM VVS. Wrote the paper: VVS AM AN ARR SHV SMM.