About the Authors

Kazi M. Jamil

kmajamil@yahoo.com

Affiliation Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Food and Nutrition Program, formerly International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Rashidul Haque

Affiliation International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Ridwanur Rahman

Affiliation Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital (SSMCH), Sher-E-Bangla Nagor, Dhaka, Bangladesh

M. Abul Faiz

Affiliation Dev Care Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh and Retired Ministry of Health, Government of Bangladesh Official

Abu Toha Md. Rezwanul Haque Bhuiyan

Affiliation International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Amresh Kumar

Affiliation PATH, formerly OneWorld Health

Syed Misbah Hassan

Affiliation PATH, formerly OneWorld Health

Heather Kelly

Affiliation PATH, formerly OneWorld Health

Pritu Dhalaria

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, formerly OneWorld Health

Sonali Kochhar

Affiliation John Snow India, formerly OneWorld Health

Philippe Desjeux

Affiliation PATH, formerly OneWorld Health

Mohammad A. A. Bhuiyan

Affiliation International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mohammed M. Khan

Affiliation International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Raj Shankar Ghosh

Affiliation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, formerly PATH

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KMJ HK RR MAF RSG PDe. Performed the experiments: RH KMJ ATMRHB AK SMH HK SK MAAB MMK. Analyzed the data: AK SMH SK PDh. Wrote the paper: KMJ RH HK PDe.