About the Authors

Michelle L. Steinauer

mls1@unm.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Ibrahim N. Mwangi

Affiliation Centre for Biotechnology Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Geoffrey M. Maina

Affiliation Centre for Biotechnology Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Joseph M. Kinuthia

Affiliation Centre for Biotechnology Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Martin W. Mutuku

Affiliation Centre for Biotechnology Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Eric L. Agola

Affiliation Centre for Biotechnology Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Ben Mungai

Affiliation Centre for Biotechnology Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Gerald M. Mkoji

Affiliation Centre for Biotechnology Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Eric S. Loker

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS GM EL. Performed the experiments: MS IM GM JK MM EA BM GM EL. Analyzed the data: MS IM GM JK MM EA BM GM EL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS GM EL. Wrote the paper: MS EL.