About the Authors

Mikaela R. Koch

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mikakoch@alumni.stanford.edu (MRK); jshaffer@tulane.edu (JGS); donkumfel@yahoo.co.uk (DSG)

Affiliation Program in Human Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Lansana Kanneh

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Pediatrics–Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Paul H. Wise

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Pediatrics–Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Lianne M. Kurina

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Program in Human Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Foday Alhasan

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Program, Kenema Government Hospital, Kenema, Sierra Leone

Robert F. Garry

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Tulane University, School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Zalgen Labs, LCC, Germantown, MD, United States of America

John S. Schieffelin

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Sections of Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Jeffrey G. Shaffer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

mikakoch@alumni.stanford.edu (MRK); jshaffer@tulane.edu (JGS); donkumfel@yahoo.co.uk (DSG)

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Donald S. Grant

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

mikakoch@alumni.stanford.edu (MRK); jshaffer@tulane.edu (JGS); donkumfel@yahoo.co.uk (DSG)

Affiliations Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Program, Kenema Government Hospital, Kenema, Sierra Leone, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: L.K., F.A., J.S.S., R.F.G., J.G.S., and D.S.G are members of the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium (www.vhfc.org). The VHFC is a partnership of academic and industry scientists who are developing diagnostic tests, therapeutic agents, and vaccines for Lassa fever, Ebola, and other severe diseases. Tulane University and its various academic and industry partners have filed U.S. and foreign patent applications on behalf of the consortium for several of these technologies. Technical information may also be kept as trade secrets. If commercial products are developed, consortium members may receive royalties or profits. This does not alter our adherence to all policies of the NIH and PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases on sharing data and materials. Financial and non-financial competing interests that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed. R.F.G. is a co-founder of Zalgen Labs, LLC. All other authors declare no competing interests.