About the Authors

Incidence Assay Critical Path Working Group

Membership of the Incidence Assay Critical Path Working Group is provided in the Acknowledgments. For correspondence: Dr. Timothy Hallett, timothy.hallett@imperial.ac.uk

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, or the National Institutes of Health.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: All members of the working group. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: All members of the working group. Wrote the first draft: TH AW BR PP CR MM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: All members of the working group. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: All members of the working group. Agree with the manuscript‚s results and conclusions: All members of the working group.