About the Authors

Peninah Munyua

Pmunyua@cdc.gov

Affiliation Global Disease Detection Program, Division of Global Health Protection, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Austine Bitek

Affiliation Zoonotic Disease Unit, State Department of Veterinary Services; Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries, Nairobi, Kenya

Eric Osoro

Affiliation Zoonotic Disease Unit, Department of Preventive and Promotive Heath; Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya

Emily G. Pieracci

Affiliations Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Josephat Muema

Affiliations Zoonotic Disease Unit, State Department of Veterinary Services; Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries, Nairobi, Kenya, Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training program, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya

Athman Mwatondo

Affiliation Zoonotic Disease Unit, Department of Preventive and Promotive Heath; Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya

Mathew Kungu

Affiliation Zoonotic Disease Unit, State Department of Veterinary Services; Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries, Nairobi, Kenya

Mark Nanyingi

Affiliations Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Radhika Gharpure

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kariuki Njenga

Affiliations Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Samuel M. Thumbi

Affiliations Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: PM AB EO. Data curation: PM AB EO EGP JM MN RG. Formal analysis: PM AB EO SMT. Investigation: PM AB EO KN SMT. Methodology: PM EO EGP SMT. Resources: PM EGP. Visualization: PM KN SMT. Writing – original draft: PM SMT. Writing – review & editing: PM AB EO EGP JM AM MK MN KN SMT.