Marasini, Baburam
Lal, Bibek Kumar
Thapa, Suman
Awasthi, Kiran Raj
Bajracharya, Bijay
Khanal, Pratik
Neupane, Sanjeev
Jha, Shambhu Nath
Acharya, Sanjaya
Iama, Smriti
Koirala, Madan
Koirala, Dinesh
Bhandari, Suresh
Mahato, Ram Kumar
Chaudhary, Arun
Ghimire, Pramin
Magar, Rahachan Gharti
Bhattarai, Rajan Kumar
Gornsawun, Gornpan
Penpitchaporn, Pimsupah
Bancone, Germana http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4550-0431
Acharya, Bhim Prasad
Funding for this research was provided by:
Government of Nepal, Ministry of Health and population, Department of Health Services, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division.
Article History
Received: 20 February 2020
Accepted: 4 August 2020
First Online: 12 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by Nepal Health Research Council (NHRC) with the (Reference number: 23/2016). All study participants gave consent to participate in the study; they were provided with pre-test counseling and results of testing. Blood testing was conducted by qualified lab personnel.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.