About the Authors

Glennah Kerubo

glenakerubo@gmail.com

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine and infectious Diseases, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and technology, Nairobi, Kenya

Samoel Khamadi

Affiliation Centre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Vincent Okoth

Affiliation Centre for Virus Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Nyovani Madise

Affiliation African Population Health Research Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

Alex Ezeh

Affiliation African Population Health Research Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

Ziraba Abdalla

Affiliation African Population Health Research Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

Matilu Mwau

Affiliation Centre for Infectious and Parasitic Disease Control Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Busia, Kenya

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GK SK MM. Performed the experiments: GK VO. Analyzed the data: MM GK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GK SK MM VO NM AE ZA. Wrote the paper: GK SK VO NM AE ZA MM.