About the Authors

Ujjwal Neogi

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

Elsa Heylen

Affiliation University of California San Francisco, Department of Medicine, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Anita Shet

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Sara Chandy

Affiliation Department of Medicine, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Ranjani Shamsunder

Affiliation Division of Clinical Virology, Department of Microbiology, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Anders Sönnerborg

Affiliation Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Maria L. Ekstrand

Affiliation University of California San Francisco, Department of Medicine, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Was the PI in the project and responsible for overall cohort maintainance, data accusition: SC MLE. Responsible virology and lab realted tests: RS. Conceived and designed the experiments: UN A. Shet A. Sönnerborg MLE. Performed the experiments: UN EH SC RS. Analyzed the data: UN EH A. Shet A. Sönnerborg MLE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC RS. Wrote the paper: UN EH A. Shet A. Sönnerborg MLE.