About the Authors

Siddhivinayak Hirve

hirves@who.int

Affiliation Global Influenza Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Marleen Boelaert

Affiliation Epidemiology and Control of Tropical Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Greg Matlashewski

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Dinesh Mondal

Affiliation Nutrition and Clinical Services Division, International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Byron Arana

Affiliation Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Geneva, Switzerland

Axel Kroeger

Affiliation Special Programme on Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Piero Olliaro

Affiliation Special Programme on Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH AK PO. Performed the experiments: SH. Analyzed the data: SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH MB GM DM BA AK PO. Wrote the paper: SH MB GM DM BA AK PO.