About the Authors

Rajni Gunnala

rajni.gunnala@gmail.com

Affiliation U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global Immunization Division, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ikechukwu U. Ogbuanu

Affiliation U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global Immunization Division, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Oluwasegun J. Adegoke

Affiliation Nigeria National Stop Transmission of Polio, Abuja, Nigeria

Heather M. Scobie

Affiliation U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global Immunization Division, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Belinda V. Uba

Affiliation Nigeria National Stop Transmission of Polio, Abuja, Nigeria

Kathleen A. Wannemuehler

Affiliation U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global Immunization Division, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Alicia Ruiz

Affiliation U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global Immunization Division, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Hashim Elmousaad

Affiliation U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global Immunization Division, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Chima J. Ohuabunwo

Affiliation Nigeria National Stop Transmission of Polio, Abuja, Nigeria

Mahmud Mustafa

Affiliation National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria

Patrick Nguku

Affiliation Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Abuja, Nigeria

Ndadilnasiya Endie Waziri

Affiliation Nigeria National Stop Transmission of Polio, Abuja, Nigeria

John F. Vertefeuille

Affiliation U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global Immunization Division, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: IUO HMS HE CJO MM PN JFV. Data curation: RG IUO OJA KAW AR. Formal analysis: RG IUO OJA KAW AR. Funding acquisition: IUO CJO PN JFV. Investigation: RG IUO OJA BVU NEW. Methodology: IUO HMS KAW HE CJO. Software: OJA AR. Supervision: RG IUO NEW JFV. Validation: AR. Writing – original draft: RG. Writing – review & editing: RG IUO OJA HMS KAW.