1   Epidemiology Group, ICMR – National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, India

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Poornima M. Khude

1   Epidemiology Group, ICMR – National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, India

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Pravin S. Deshmukh

1   Epidemiology Group, ICMR – National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, India

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Mohiuddin S. Qazi

2   Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

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Goteti V. Padmaja

3   Department of Microbiology, Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Telangana, India

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Rahul Narang

4   Department of Community Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

5   Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar, Hyderabad, India

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Pradeep R. Deshmukh

4   Department of Community Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

6   Department of Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

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Shekhar S. Rajderkar

7   Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Miraj, Maharashtra, India

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Shilpa J. Tomar

1   Epidemiology Group, ICMR – National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, India

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Vijay P. Bondre

8   Encephalitis Group, ICMR – National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, India

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Gajanan N. Sapkal

8   Encephalitis Group, ICMR – National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, India

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Rekha G. Damle

8   Encephalitis Group, ICMR – National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, India

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Manish Jain

9   Department of Pediatrics, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

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Dipty Jain

10   Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

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Vijay Kumar Guduru

11   Department of Pediatrics, Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Telangana, India

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Jyoti Jain

12   Department of Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

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Rajesh V. Gosavi

13   Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

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V. Chandra Sekhar

14   Department of Medicine, Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Telangana, India

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Abhishek V. Raut

4   Department of Community Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

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Uday W. Narlawar

15   Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

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Punam Kumari Jha

16   Department of Community Medicine, Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Telangana, India

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Abhimanyu K. Niswade

13   Department of Medicine, Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

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Manoj Talapalliwar

15   Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

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Pragati Rathod

15   Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

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B. Padmini Soujanya

11   Department of Pediatrics, Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Telangana, India

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M. Pavan Kumar

14   Department of Medicine, Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Telangana, India

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K. J. Kishore Kumar

16   Department of Community Medicine, Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Telangana, India

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We acknowledge the funding from the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India [ICMR/VIR/2/2018/ECD-I].