About the Authors

Sharifa Merali

Contributed equally to this work with: Sharifa Merali, Alexey Clara, S. Arunmozhi Balajee

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

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

Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ FAB, MA, IB, JAF, PMA and CW also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Disease Surveillance Department, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

Alexey Clara

Contributed equally to this work with: Sharifa Merali, Alexey Clara, S. Arunmozhi Balajee

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Eagle Medical Services LLC, Contracting Agency to the Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Michael Adjabeng

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ FAB, MA, IB, JAF, PMA and CW also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Disease Surveillance Department, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

Isaac Baffoenyarko

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

‡ FAB, MA, IB, JAF, PMA and CW also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Disease Surveillance Department, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

Joseph Asamoah Frimpong

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ FAB, MA, IB, JAF, PMA and CW also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Division of Global Health Protection/Ghana, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Patrick Mawupemor Avevor

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ FAB, MA, IB, JAF, PMA and CW also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation World Health Organization, Ghana Country Office, Accra, Ghana

Chastity Walker

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ FAB, MA, IB, JAF, PMA and CW also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Division of Global Health Protection/Ghana, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

S. Arunmozhi Balajee

Contributed equally to this work with: Sharifa Merali, Alexey Clara, S. Arunmozhi Balajee

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

fir3@cdc.gov

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

Competing Interests

The funder Eagle Medical Services LLC provided support in the form of a salary for author AC. The commercial company Eagle Medical Services LLC does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.