About the Authors

Anna Lena Lopez

annalenalopez@gmail.com

Affiliation University of the Philippines Manila—National Institutes of Health, Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Manila, Philippines

Josephine G. Aldaba

Affiliation University of the Philippines Manila—National Institutes of Health, Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Manila, Philippines

Vito G. Roque Jr.

Affiliation Epidemiology Bureau, Department of Health, Manila, Philippines

Amado O. Tandoc III

Affiliation Department of Virology, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines

Ava Kristy Sy

Affiliation Department of Virology, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines

Fe Esperanza Espino

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Manila, Philippines

Maricel DeQuiroz-Castro

Affiliation Office of the World Health Organization Representative in the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

Youngmee Jee

Affiliation Division of Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office of the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines

Maria Joyce Ducusin

Affiliation Disease Prevention and Control Bureau, Department of Health, Manila, Philippines

Kimberley K. Fox

Affiliation Division of Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization Regional Office of the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines

Competing Interests

MDC, YJ and KKF are employees of WHO. The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALL KKF AOT VGR MJD YJ. Performed the experiments: ALL JGA VGR AOT AKS FEE. Analyzed the data: ALL JGA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YJ VGR MDC FEE. Wrote the paper: ALL JGA KKF AOT VGR AKS FEE MDC YJ MDC.