About the Authors

Gregory S. Greene

Affiliation Dana Center for Preventative Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Sheila K. West

shwest@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Dana Center for Preventative Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Harran Mkocha

Affiliation Kongwa Trachoma Project, Kongwa, United Republic of Tanzania

Beatriz Munoz

Affiliation Dana Center for Preventative Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Shannath L. Merbs

Affiliation The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GSG SKW BM SLM. Performed the experiments: GSG HM. Analyzed the data: GSG BM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKW HM SLM. Wrote the paper: GSG SKW HM BM SLM.