About the Authors

Salwa F. Ahmed

salwa.fouad.eg@med.navy.mil

Affiliation United States Naval Medical Research Unit No.3, Cairo, Egypt

John D. Klena

Affiliation United States Naval Medical Research Unit No.3, Cairo, Egypt

Manal Mostafa

Affiliation United States Naval Medical Research Unit No.3, Cairo, Egypt

Jessica Dogantemur

Affiliation Incirlik Air Base, Incirlik, Turkey

Tracy Middleton

Affiliation Incirlik Air Base, Incirlik, Turkey

James Hanson

Affiliation Incirlik Air Base, Incirlik, Turkey

Peter J. Sebeny

Affiliation United States Naval Medical Research Unit No.3, Cairo, Egypt

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SFA JDK. Analyzed the data: SFA JDK MM. Wrote the paper: SFA JDK JD. Coordinated outbreak response, epidemiological data and fecal sample collection: TM. Coordinated Incirlik laboratory support: JH. Provided oversight of data analysis, reporting, and manuscript revision: PJS.