About the Authors

Naoko Ishikawa

n-ishikawa@it.ncgm.go.jp

Affiliation National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Takuro Shimbo

Affiliation National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shinsuke Miyano

Affiliation National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Izukanji Sikazwe

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Albert Mwango

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia

Massimo N. Ghidinelli

Affiliation Pan American Health Organization, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Gardner Syakantu

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NI TS. Performed the experiments: NI TS. Analyzed the data: NI TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NI TS SM MNG. Wrote the paper: NI TS. Interpretation of data: NI TS SM IS MNG. Critical revision the manuscript: NI TS SM IS AM MNG GS.