About the Authors

Carmen Lucía Contreras

ccontreras@ces.uvg.edu.gt

Affiliation Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Jennifer R. Verani

Affiliation National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, United States of America

María Renee Lopez

Affiliation Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Antonio Paredes

Affiliation National Center for Epidemiology, Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare (MSPAS), Guatemala City, Guatemala

Chris Bernart

Affiliation Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Fabiola Moscoso

Affiliation Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Aleida Roldan

Affiliation Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Wences Arvelo

Affiliation Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta GA, United States of America

Kim A. Lindblade

Affiliation Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta GA, United States of America

John P. McCracken

Affiliation Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRV WA KAL JPM. Performed the experiments: CLC MRL CB FM AR. Analyzed the data: CLC JRV JPM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLC JRV MRL AP CB FM AR WA KAL JPM. Wrote the paper: CLC JRV MRL AP CB FM AR WA KAL JPM.