About the Authors
- Amanda E. Semper
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Contributed equally to this work with: Amanda E. Semper, M. Jana Broadhurst
Affiliation Public Health England, Porton Down, United Kingdom
- M. Jana Broadhurst
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Contributed equally to this work with: Amanda E. Semper, M. Jana Broadhurst
Affiliation Partners In Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Jade Richards
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Affiliations Public Health England Laboratory, Port Loko, Sierra Leone, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, Chelmsford, United Kingdom
- Geraldine M. Foster
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Affiliations Public Health England Laboratory, Port Loko, Sierra Leone, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Andrew J. H. Simpson
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Affiliations Public Health England, Porton Down, United Kingdom, Public Health England Laboratory, Port Loko, Sierra Leone
- Christopher H. Logue
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Affiliation Public Health England, Porton Down, United Kingdom
- J. Daniel Kelly
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Affiliation Wellbody Alliance, Freetown, Sierra Leone
- Ann Miller
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Affiliations Partners In Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Tim J. G. Brooks
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Affiliations Public Health England, Porton Down, United Kingdom, Public Health England Laboratory, Port Loko, Sierra Leone
- Megan Murray
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Affiliations Partners In Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Nira R. Pollock
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* E-mail: Nira.pollock@childrens.harvard.edu
Affiliations Partners In Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: MM is a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine. The authors declare that no further competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AES MJB JDK AM MM NRP. Performed the experiments: JR GMF. Analyzed the data: AES MJB JR AM NRP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AES AJHS CHL TJGB NRP. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: AES MJB NRP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AES MJB JR AJHS AM TJGB NRP. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: AES MJB JR GMF AJHS CHL JDK AM TJGB MM NRP. Organization and supervision of study training and testing procedures performed at PHE Porton Down and PHE Port Loko Laboratory: AES JR GMF AJHS CHL TJGB. Study protocol development and institutional approvals: AES MJB CHL JDK AM TJGB MM NRP. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.