About the Authors

Sheila K. West

shwest@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Beatriz Munoz

Affiliation Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jerusha Weaver

Affiliation Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Zakayo Mrango

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research, Kilosa, Tanzania

Laura Dize

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Charlotte Gaydos

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Thomas C. Quinn

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Diana L. Martin

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKW TCQ. Performed the experiments: JW ZM. Analyzed the data: SKW BM DLM TCQ LD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CG LD. Wrote the paper: SKW BM DLM TCQ CG LD JW ZM.