About the Authors

Shashi Sharma

Affiliation Division of Virology, Defence R&D Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior, India

Gaurav Joshi

Affiliation Division of Virology, Defence R&D Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior, India

Paban K. Dash

Affiliation Division of Virology, Defence R&D Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior, India

Maria Thomas

Affiliation Department of Neurovirology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India

Thimmasandra N. Athmaram

Affiliation Division of Virology, Defence R&D Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior, India

Jyoti S. Kumar

Affiliation Division of Virology, Defence R&D Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior, India

Anita Desai

Affiliation Department of Neurovirology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India

Ravi Vasanthapuram

Affiliation Department of Neurovirology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India

Ishan K. Patro

Affiliation School of Studies in Neurosciences, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India

Putcha V. L. Rao

Affiliation Division of Virology, Defence R&D Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior, India

Manmohan Parida

paridamm@rediffmail.com

Affiliation Division of Virology, Defence R&D Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS MP. Performed the experiments: SS GJ MT JSK TNA. Analyzed the data: PKD PVLR MP RV AD IKP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS GJ MT PKD TNA JSK. Wrote the paper: SS.