About the Authors

Smriti Mondal

Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India

Pradyot Bhattacharya

Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India

Mehebubar Rahaman

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, India

Nahid Ali

nali@iicb.res.in

Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India

Rama Prosad Goswami

Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM MR NA RPG. Performed the experiments: SM PB MR RPG. Analyzed the data: SM MR NA RPG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NA. Wrote the paper: SM NA. Supervised and participated in the implementation of the pilot study: MR RPG.