About the Authors

Kanchan Ajbani

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, P. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Veer Sarvarkar Marg, Mahim, Mumbai, India

Chaitali Nikam

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, P. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Veer Sarvarkar Marg, Mahim, Mumbai, India

Mubin Kazi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, P. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Veer Sarvarkar Marg, Mahim, Mumbai, India

Christen Gray

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Geneva, Switzerland

Catharina Boehme

Affiliation Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Geneva, Switzerland

Kavita Balan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, P. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Veer Sarvarkar Marg, Mahim, Mumbai, India

Anjali Shetty

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, P. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Veer Sarvarkar Marg, Mahim, Mumbai, India

Camilla Rodrigues

dr_crodrigues@hindujahospital.com

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, P. D. Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Veer Sarvarkar Marg, Mahim, Mumbai, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CG CB CR. Performed the experiments: KA CN MK. Analyzed the data: KA CN MK. Wrote the paper: KA. Reviewed the manuscript: AS CR. Performed DST: KB.