About the Authors

Lance Turtle

Contributed equally to this work with: Lance Turtle, Hannah E. Brindle

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

lance.turtle@liverpool.ac.uk

Affiliations Institute of Infection and Global Health and National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals, members of Liverpool Health Partners, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Hannah E. Brindle

Contributed equally to this work with: Lance Turtle, Hannah E. Brindle

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom.

Affiliations Institute of Infection and Global Health and National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

W. William Schluter

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Global Immunization Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Affiliation World Health Organization, Kathmandu, Nepal

Brian Faragher

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

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Ajit Rayamajhi

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Kanti Children’s Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

Rajendra Bohara

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Current address: IVD World Health Organization Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Affiliation World Health Organization, Kathmandu, Nepal

Santosh Gurung

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Expanded Programme on Immunization Unit, Division of Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines

Affiliation World Health Organization, Kathmandu, Nepal

Geeta Shakya

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Public Health Laboratory, Teku, Kathmandu, Nepal

Sutee Yoksan

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University and Translational Research Unit, Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand

Sameer Dixit

Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal

Rajesh Rajbhandari

Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal

Bimal Paudel

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, United States of America.

Affiliation National Public Health Laboratory, Teku, Kathmandu, Nepal

Shailaja Adhikari

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Public Health Laboratory, Teku, Kathmandu, Nepal

Tom Solomon

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

‡ TS and MJG also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Institute of Infection and Global Health and National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, member of Liverpool Health Partners, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Mike J. Griffiths

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ TS and MJG also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Institute of Infection and Global Health and National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Trust, member of Liverpool Health Partners, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.