About the Authors

Redemptah Yeda

Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases-Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (DEID-GEIS) Program, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Kenya (USAMRD-K), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Walter Reed Project, Kisumu, Kenya

Luicer A. Ingasia

Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases-Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (DEID-GEIS) Program, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Kenya (USAMRD-K), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Walter Reed Project, Kisumu, Kenya

Agnes C. Cheruiyot

Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases-Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (DEID-GEIS) Program, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Kenya (USAMRD-K), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Walter Reed Project, Kisumu, Kenya

Charles Okudo

Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases-Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (DEID-GEIS) Program, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Kenya (USAMRD-K), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Walter Reed Project, Kisumu, Kenya

Lorna J. Chebon

Affiliations Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases-Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (DEID-GEIS) Program, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Kenya (USAMRD-K), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Walter Reed Project, Kisumu, Kenya, Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, College of Health Sciences, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

Jelagat Cheruiyot

Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases-Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (DEID-GEIS) Program, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Kenya (USAMRD-K), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Walter Reed Project, Kisumu, Kenya

Hoseah M. Akala

Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases-Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (DEID-GEIS) Program, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Kenya (USAMRD-K), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Walter Reed Project, Kisumu, Kenya

Edwin Kamau

edwin.kamau.mil@mail.mil

Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases-Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (DEID-GEIS) Program, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Kenya (USAMRD-K), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Walter Reed Project, Kisumu, Kenya

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RY ACC HMA EK. Performed the experiments: RY LAI ACC CO HMA. Analyzed the data: RY LAI LJC JC HMA EK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAI LJC HMA EK. Wrote the paper: RY LAI HMA EK. Reviewed the manuscript: RY LAI ACC CO LJC JC HMA EK.