About the Authors

Nazmun Nahar

nahar.nazmun@yahoo.com

Affiliations ICDDRB, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Repon C. Paul

Affiliation ICDDRB, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Rebeca Sultana

Affiliation ICDDRB, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Emily S. Gurley

Affiliation ICDDRB, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Fernando Garcia

Affiliation FHI360, Washington DC Office, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Jaynal Abedin

Affiliation ICDDRB, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Shariful Amin Sumon

Affiliation ICDDRB, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Kajal Chandra Banik

Affiliation ICDDRB, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mohammad Asaduzzaman

Affiliation ICDDRB, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Nadia Ali Rimi

Affiliation ICDDRB, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mahmudur Rahman

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Stephen P. Luby

Affiliation Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NN RS ESG FG JA SPL. Performed the experiments: NN RCP SAS KCB AZ. Analyzed the data: NN RCP JA SAS KCB SPL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NN RCP RS ESG FG JA SAS KCB MA NAR MR SPL. Wrote the paper: NN RCP RS ESG FG JA SAS KCB MA NAR MR SPL.