About the Authors

Epco Hasker

ehasker@itg.be

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Sangeeta Kansal

Affiliation Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Paritosh Malaviya

Affiliation Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Kamlesh Gidwani

Affiliation Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Albert Picado

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain

Rudra Pratap Singh

Affiliation Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Ankita Chourasia

Affiliation Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Abhishek Kumar Singh

Affiliation Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Ravi Shankar

Affiliation Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Joris Menten

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Mary Elizabeth Wilson

Affiliation University of Iowa and the Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Marleen Boelaert

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Shyam Sundar

Affiliation Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EH SK AP RS MEW MB SS. Performed the experiments: PM KG RPS AC AKS RS. Analyzed the data: EH PM AP JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM KG RPS AC AKS MEW. Wrote the paper: EH SK AP JM MEW MB SS.