About the Authors

Aida Sivro

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Lyle R. McKinnon

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hezhao Ji

Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratories, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Joshua Kimani

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Walter Jaoko

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Francis A. Plummer

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, National Microbiology Laboratories, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Ruey-Chyi Su

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

T. Blake Ball

tball@cc.umanitoba.ca

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, National Microbiology Laboratories, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS HJ RCS TBB. Performed the experiments: AS LRM. Analyzed the data: AS LRM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK WJ FAP TBB. Wrote the paper: AS.