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  1. Department of Pediatrics, PGIMER and associated Dr RML Hospital, New Delhi, India

    Sudha Chandelia & Nand Kishore Dubey

  2. Institute of Child Health, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Biplab Maji & Nupur Ganguly

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Madhuraj Hospital, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Sunil Taneja & Purvi Mittal

  4. Department of Pediatrics, JJM Medical College, Davanagere, Karnataka, India

    B. P. Nagesh & H. Ramesh

  5. Institute of Child Health, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Biplab Maji & Priyankar Pal

  6. Department of Pediatrics, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, 605 009, India

    Sriram Pothapregada

  7. IAP Advisory Committee on Vaccines and Immunization Practices (ACVIP), Patna, India

    Vipin M. Vashishtha

  8. Department of Pediatrics, NSCB Medical College, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Sumi M. Pillai & V. K. Bharadwaj

  9. Department of Pediatrics, GR Medical College, Gwalior, India

    Neetu Sharma

  10. Department of Maulana, Azad Medical College, Delhi, India

    Devendra Mishra

  11. Department of Pediatrics, CSI Kalyani Multi Specialty Hosptial, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    S. Sreedhar Raju & Betty Chacko

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Chandelia, S., Dubey, N.K., Maji, B. et al. Correspondence. Indian Pediatr 51, 319–326 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-014-0387-y

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