About the Authors

Isabel Martinez-Pino

imartinezpino@gmail.com

Affiliations European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden, Epicentre, Paris, France

Francisco J. Luquero

Affiliation Epicentre, Paris, France

Kéïta Sakoba

Affiliation Ministère de la Santé et de l'Hygiène Publique, Conakry, Guinea

Souleymane Sylla

Affiliation Direction Préfectorale de la Santé, Forécariah Préfecture, Guinea

Melatwork Haile

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Operational Center Geneva (MSF-OCG), Conakry, Guinea

Rebecca F. Grais

Affiliation Epicentre, Paris, France

Iza Ciglenecki

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Operational Center Geneva (MSF-OCG), Geneva, Switzerland

Marie-Laure Quilici

Affiliation Enteric Bacterial Pathogens Unit, National Reference Centre for Vibrios and Cholera, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Anne-Laure Page

Affiliation Epicentre, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IMP ALP FJL RFG IC KS SS MH MLQ. Performed the experiments: IMP ALP MLQ. Analyzed the data: IMP ALP FJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH. Wrote the paper: IMP ALP . Contributed to critical revision of the protocol and the manuscript for important intellectual content: FJL MLQ IC RFG KS SS MH. Final approval of the version to be published: IMP FJL KS SS MH RFG IC MLQ ALP.