About the Authors

Michael J. Sikorski

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jianguo Ma

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Tracy H. Hazen

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Sachin N. Desai

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Siaosi Tupua

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Government of Samoa, Apia, Samoa

Susana Nimarota-Brown

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Government of Samoa, Apia, Samoa

Michelle Sialeipata

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Government of Samoa, Apia, Samoa

Savitra Rambocus

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Susan A. Ballard

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Mary Valcanis

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Robert E. Thomsen

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Government of Samoa, Apia, Samoa

Roy M. Robins-Browne

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Benjamin P. Howden

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Take K. Naseri

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Government of Samoa, Apia, Samoa

Myron M. Levine

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

Affiliations Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

David A. Rasko

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

drasko@som.umaryland.edu

Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: M.M.L. has a patent entitled “Broad spectrum vaccine against typhoidal and nontyphoidal Salmonella disease” (US 9,011,871 B2) issued. R.M.R.-B. reports non-financial support from the Government of Samoa during the conduct of the study.