About the Authors

Godfrey Bwire

Affiliation Control of Diarrheal Diseases Section, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Mugagga Malimbo

Affiliation Epidemiological Surveillance Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Brian Maskery

bamaskery@gmail.com

Current address: Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.

Affiliation International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea

Young Eun Kim

Affiliation International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea

Vittal Mogasale

Affiliation International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea

Ann Levin

Affiliation Independent Consultant, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GB MM BM AL. Performed the experiments: GB MM BM YEK. Analyzed the data: GB MM BM YEK AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GB MM. Wrote the paper: GB BM AL VM.