About the Authors

Sanjoy Kumer Dey

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mohammod Jobayer Chisti

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition and Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Sumon Kumar Das

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition and Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Chandan Kumar Shaha

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Farzana Ferdous

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition and Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Fahmida Dil Farzana

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition and Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Shahnawaz Ahmed

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition and Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mohammad Abdul Malek

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition and Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abu Syed Golam Faruque

gfaruque@icddrb.org

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition and Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Tahmeed Ahmed

Affiliation Centre for Nutrition and Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mohammed Abdus Salam

Affiliation Research Administration Services (RAS), icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Coordinated the writing within the authors: S. K. Dey. Patient care and management: MJC S. K. Das ASGF TA MAS. Conceived and designed the experiments: S. K. Dey MJC S. K. Das CKS FF FDF SA MAM ASGF TA MAS. Performed the experiments: S. K. Dey MJC S. K. Das CKS ASGF TA MAS. Analyzed the data: S. K. Dey MJC S. K. Das CKSS FF FDF SA MAM ASGF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: S. K. Dey MJC S. K. Das CKS FF FDF SA MAM ASGF TA MAS. Wrote the paper: S. K. Dey MJC S. K. Das CKS FF FDF SA MAM ASGF TA MAS.