About the Authors

Abdoulie Kanteh

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

Affiliation Genomics Core Facility, Lab Services, MRCG at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

Jarra Manneh

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Genomics Core Facility, Lab Services, MRCG at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

Sona Jabang

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Genomics Core Facility, Lab Services, MRCG at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

Mariama A. Kujabi

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Genomics Core Facility, Lab Services, MRCG at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

Bakary Sanyang

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Genomics Core Facility, Lab Services, MRCG at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

Mary A. Oboh

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Disease Control and Elimination, MRCG at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

Abdoulie Bojang

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Disease Control and Elimination, MRCG at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

Haruna S. Jallow

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Public Health, Laboratories, Kotu, The Gambia

Davis Nwakanma

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory Services, MRCG at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

Ousman Secka

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory Services, MRCG at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

Anna Roca

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Disease Control and Elimination, MRCG at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

Alfred Amambua-Ngwa

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Disease Control and Elimination, MRCG at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

Martin Antonio

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation West Africa Platform, MRCG at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

Ignatius Baldeh

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Public Health, Laboratories, Kotu, The Gambia

Karen Forrest

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Service Department, MRCG at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

Ahmadou Lamin Samateh

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Banjul, The Gambia

Umberto D’Alessandro

Roles Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Disease Control and Elimination, MRCG at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

Abdul Karim Sesay

Roles Writing – review & editing

Abdul.Sesay@lshtm.ac.uk

‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Genomics Core Facility, Lab Services, MRCG at LSHTM, Fajara, The Gambia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.