About the Authors

Adam R. Aluisio

Affiliations Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of International Emergency Medicine, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Zabihullah Maroof

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Daniel Chandramohan

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Jane Bruce

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Mohammad I. Masher

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Kabul Medical University, Kabul, Afghanistan Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom

Semira Manaseki-Holland

Affiliation School of Health and Population Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Jeroen H. J. Ensink

jeroen.ensink@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ARA ZM DC JB MIM SMH JHJE. Performed the experiments: ZM DC MIM SMH JHJE. Analyzed the data: ARA ZM DC JB SMH JHJE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ARA ZM DC JB MIM SMH JHJE. Wrote the paper: ARA ZM DC JB MIM SMH JHJE.