About the Authors

Ann Machablishvili

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

a.machablishvili@ncdc.ge

Affiliations National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

Giorgi Chakhunashvili

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia

Khatuna Zakhashvili

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis

Affiliation National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia

Irakli Karseladze

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia

Olgha Tarkhan-Mouravi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliation National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia

Mari Gavashelidze

Roles Investigation

Affiliation National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia

Tamar Jashiashvili

Roles Investigation

Affiliation National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia

Lela Sabadze

Roles Investigation

Affiliation National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia

Paata Imnadze

Roles Supervision

Affiliations National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Tbilisi, Georgia, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

Rodney S. Daniels

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Worldwide Influenza Centre (WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza), The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom

Burcu Ermetal

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Worldwide Influenza Centre (WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza), The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom

John W. McCauley

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Worldwide Influenza Centre (WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza), The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.