About the Authors
- Ujjwal Neogi
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* E-mail: ujjwal.neogi@ki.se
Affiliations Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Division of Clinical Virology, Department of Microbiology, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Irene Bontell
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Affiliation Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Anita Shet
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Affiliations Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Nobels Väg 9, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Pediatrics, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Ayesha De Costa
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Affiliation Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Nobels Väg 9, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Soham Gupta
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Affiliation Division of Clinical Virology, Department of Microbiology, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Vishal Diwan
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Affiliation Department of Public Health and Environment, R. D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Ranbir S. Laishram
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Regional Institute of Medical Science, Imphal, Manipur, India
- Ajay Wanchu
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Affiliations Departnemt of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, Division of Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland Oregon, United States of America
- Udaykumar Ranga
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Affiliation Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Akhil C. Banerjea
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Affiliation Virology-II, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
- Anders Sönnerborg
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Affiliations Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Division of Clinical Virology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: UN A. Shet A. Sonnerborg IB. Performed the experiments: UN SG IB. Analyzed the data: UN IB A. Shet ADC A. Sönnerborg. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VD RSL AW UR ACB. Wrote the paper: UN IB A. Shet ADC UR A. Sonnerborg. Coordinators for the respective sites, helped in patient recruitments and patients clinical data analyse: A. Shet VD RSL AW ACB.