About the Authors

Matilda Chelimo Saina

Affiliation Department of Viral Infection and International Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Xiuqiong Bi

ichimura@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp (HI); bixiuqio@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp (XB)

Affiliation Department of Viral Infection and International Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Raphael Lihana

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

Raphael Lwembe

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

Azumi Ishizaki

Affiliation Department of Viral Infection and International Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Annie Panikulam

Affiliation Nyumbani Children’s home, Nairobi, Kenya

Tresa Palakudy

Affiliation Nyumbani Children’s home, Nairobi, Kenya

Rachel Musoke

Affiliation Department of pediatrics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Mary Owens

Affiliation Nyumbani Children’s home, Nairobi, Kenya

Elijah Maritim Songok

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

Hiroshi Ichimura

ichimura@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp (HI); bixiuqio@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp (XB)

Affiliation Department of Viral Infection and International Health, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XB R. Lihana HI. Performed the experiments: MCS XB R. Lihana R. Lwembe AP TP RM. Analyzed the data: MCS XB R. Lihana AI AP TP RM HI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HI MO. Wrote the paper: MCS XB R. Lihana AI AP TP RM MO EMS HI.