About the Authors

Darwin J. Operario

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America

Alexander F. Koeppel

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America

Stephen D. Turner

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America

Yongde Bao

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America

Suporn Pholwat

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America

Sayera Banu

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Suporn Foongladda

Affiliation Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Stellah Mpagama

Affiliation Kibong’oto Infectious Diseases Hospital, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Jean Gratz

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America

Oleg Ogarkov

Affiliation Scientific Centre for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russian Federation

Svetlana Zhadova

Affiliation Scientific Centre for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russian Federation

Scott K. Heysell

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America

Eric R. Houpt

erh6k@virginia.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DJO SKH ERH. Formal analysis: DJO AFK. Funding acquisition: ERH. Investigation: DJO AFK SDT YB SP SB SF SM JG OO SZ SKH ERH. Methodology: DJO AFK SDT YB. Resources: SP SB SF SM JG OO SZ. Software: AFK SDT. Visualization: DJO. Writing – original draft: DJO ERH. Writing – review & editing: DJO AFK SDT YB SP SB SF SM JG OO SZ SKH ERH.