About the Authors

Seema Sahay

ssahay@nariindia.org

Affiliation National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India

Karikalan Nagarajan

Affiliation National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India

Sanjay Mehendale

Affiliation National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India

Sibnath Deb

Affiliation Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India

Abhilasha Gupta

Affiliation HRRC, LLRM College, Meerut, India

Shalini Bharat

Affiliation Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Pune, India

Shripad Bhatt

Affiliation RMRC, Belgaum, India

Athokpam Bijesh Kumar

Affiliation National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India

Vidisha Kanthe

Affiliation National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, India

Anju Sinha

Affiliation Indian Council of Medical Research, Delhi, India

Nomita Chandhiok

Affiliation Indian Council of Medical Research, Delhi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS SM SD S. Bharat S. Bhatt AG. Performed the experiments: SS SM SD S. Bharat S. Bhatt ABK VK KN SS SM SD AG. Analyzed the data: SS SM SD S. Bharat S. Bhatt KN ABK VK AS NC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS SM SD S. Bharat S. Bhatt AG. Wrote the paper: SS SM SD S. Bharat S. Bhatt VK ABK AS NC.