About the Authors

Tori L. Cowger

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Affiliation Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Cara C. Burns

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

cburns@cdc.gov

Affiliation Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Salmaan Sharif

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation WHO Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication Initiative, Department of Virology, National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, Pakistan

Howard E. Gary Jr.

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Global Immunization Division, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jane Iber

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Elizabeth Henderson

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Farzana Malik

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation WHO Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication Initiative, Department of Virology, National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, Pakistan

Syed Sohail Zahoor Zaidi

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Virology, National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, Pakistan

Shahzad Shaukat

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation WHO Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication Initiative, Department of Virology, National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, Pakistan

Lubna Rehman

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation WHO Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication Initiative, Department of Virology, National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, Pakistan

Mark A. Pallansch

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Walter A. Orenstein

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.