About the Authors

Mandeep S. Chadha

Contributed equally to this work with: Mandeep S. Chadha, Siddhivinayak Hirve

acm1750@rediffmail.com (MSC); mscniv@hotmail.com (ACM)

Affiliation National Institute of Virology, Indian Council of Medical Research, Pune, India

Siddhivinayak Hirve

Contributed equally to this work with: Mandeep S. Chadha, Siddhivinayak Hirve

Affiliation Vadu Rural Health Program, King Edward Memorial Hospital Research Center, Pune, India

Fatimah S. Dawood

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Pallavi Lele

Affiliation Vadu Rural Health Program, King Edward Memorial Hospital Research Center, Pune, India

Avinash Deoshatwar

Affiliations National Institute of Virology, Indian Council of Medical Research, Pune, India, Vadu Rural Health Program, King Edward Memorial Hospital Research Center, Pune, India

Somnath Sambhudas

Affiliation Vadu Rural Health Program, King Edward Memorial Hospital Research Center, Pune, India

Sanjay Juvekar

Affiliation Vadu Rural Health Program, King Edward Memorial Hospital Research Center, Pune, India

Kathryn E. LaFond

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Joshua A. Mott

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Renu B. Lal

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Akhilesh C. Mishra

acm1750@rediffmail.com (MSC); mscniv@hotmail.com (ACM)

Affiliation National Institute of Virology, Indian Council of Medical Research, Pune, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSC SH JAM RBL ACM. Analyzed the data: MSC SH FSD PL AD SS KEL RBL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAM. Wrote the paper: MSC SH FSD AD KEL RBL. Data acquisition: MSC SH AD SJ KEL. Study coordination and monitoring of the multi-centric study: MSC ACM. Laboratory supervision: MSC. Monitoring of field studies: SH. Critical review of article: FSD PL AD SJ KEL JAM RBL ACM. Protocol development: AD KEL JAM RBL. Project and Director of National Institute of Virology: ACM.