About the Authors

Mahfuzar Rahman

mahfuzar@icddrb.org

Affiliations icddrb, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Nazmul Sohel

Affiliations icddrb, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Mohammad Yunus

Affiliation icddrb, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mahbub Elahi Chowdhury

Affiliation icddrb, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Samar Kumar Hore

Affiliation icddrb, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Khalequ Zaman

Affiliation icddrb, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abbas Bhuiya

Affiliation icddrb, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Peter Kim Streatfield

Affiliation icddrb, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR MY KZ AB PKS. Performed the experiments: MR NS MEC SKH MY KZ AB PKS. Analyzed the data: MR NS MEC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR NS MEC. Wrote the paper: MR NS MEC SKH MY KZ AB PKS.