About the Authors

A. Desirée LaBeaud

alabeaud@chori.org

Affiliations Center for Immunobiology and Vaccine Development, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, United States of America, Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Samuel Muiruri

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Nairobi, Kenya

Laura J. Sutherland

Affiliation Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Saidi Dahir

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Nairobi, Kenya

Ginny Gildengorin

Affiliation Center for Immunobiology and Vaccine Development, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, United States of America

John Morrill

Affiliation Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Eric M. Muchiri

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Nairobi, Kenya

Clarence J. Peters

Affiliation Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Charles H. King

Affiliation Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ADL CHK. Performed the experiments: ADL SM LJS SD JM EMM CJP CHK. Analyzed the data: ADL GG LJS CHK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJP JM. Wrote the paper: ADL LJS CHK.