About the Authors

Salah Uddin Khan

sukhanbd@gmail.com

Affiliations Centre for Communicable Diseases, i,cddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh, College of Public Health and Health Professions - Department of Environmental and Global Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Henrik Salje

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

A. Hannan

Affiliation Department of Livestock Services, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Md. Atiqul Islam

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, i,cddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

A. A. Mamun Bhuyan

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, i,cddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Md. Ariful Islam

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, i,cddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

M. Ziaur Rahman

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, i,cddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Nazmun Nahar

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, i,cddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

M. Jahangir Hossain

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, i,cddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Stephen P. Luby

Affiliations Centre for Communicable Diseases, i,cddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Global Disease Detection Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Emily S. Gurley

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, i,cddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SUK AH MJH NN SPL ESG. Performed the experiments: SUK HS AH MAtI AAMB MArI MZR. Analyzed the data: SUK HS MAtI AAMB MArI MZR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SUK HS MAtI MZR ESG. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SUK HS ESG. Manuscript was reviewed by: SUK HS AH MAtI AAMB MArI MZR NN MJH SPL ESG.