About the Authors

Albert Picado

albert.picado@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Murari L. Das

Affiliation B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Vijay Kumar

Affiliation Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India

Shreekant Kesari

Affiliation Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India

Diwakar S. Dinesh

Affiliation Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India

Lalita Roy

Affiliation B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Suman Rijal

Affiliation B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Pradeep Das

Affiliation Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India

Mark Rowland

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Shyam Sundar

Affiliation Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Marc Coosemans

Affiliation Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Marleen Boelaert

Affiliation Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Clive R. Davies

† Deceased.

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP SR PD MR SS MC MB CRD. Performed the experiments: MLD VK SK DSD LR. Analyzed the data: AP CRD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP SR PD SS CRD. Wrote the paper: AP MR MC MB CRD.