About the Authors

Emily S. Gurley

egurley@icddrb.org

Affiliation Programme on Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Sciences, International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mahmudur Rahman

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

M. Jahangir Hossain

Affiliation Programme on Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Sciences, International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Nazmun Nahar

Affiliation Programme on Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Sciences, International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh

M. Abul Faiz

Affiliation Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Nazrul Islam

Affiliation Department of Virology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Rebeca Sultana

Affiliation Programme on Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Sciences, International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Selina Khatun

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mohammad Zashim Uddin

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

M. Sabbir Haider

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

M. Saiful Islam

Affiliation Programme on Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Sciences, International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Be-Nazir Ahmed

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Muhammad Waliur Rahman

Affiliation Programme on Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Sciences, International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Utpal Kumar Mondal

Affiliation Programme on Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Sciences, International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Stephen P. Luby

Affiliations Programme on Infectious Diseases and Vaccine Sciences, International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ESG MR MJH NN RS BNA SPL. Performed the experiments: ESG MR MJH NN RS SK MSH MSI MWR UKM. Analyzed the data: ESG NN MAF NI RS SK MZU MSH MSI BNA MWR UKM SPL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR. Wrote the paper: ESG. Assisted in data interpretation: MR MJH. Reviewed manuscript: MR MJH NN MAF NI RS SK MZU MSH MSI BNA MWR UKM SPL.