About the Authors

Mamadou Saliou Sow

Contributed equally to this work with: Mamadou Saliou Sow, Josue Togo

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

Affiliation Service de Maladie Infectieuse du Centre Hospitalier de Donka, Conakry, Guinée

Josue Togo

Contributed equally to this work with: Mamadou Saliou Sow, Josue Togo

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

Affiliations University Clinical Research Center, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali, Département de Biologie médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Gabriel Toure, Bamako, Mali

Lacy M. Simons

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States of America, Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution, Northwestern University Havey Institute for Global Health, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Souleymane Taran Diallo

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Service de Maladie Infectieuse du Centre Hospitalier de Donka, Conakry, Guinée

Mohamed Lamine Magassouba

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Service de Maladie Infectieuse du Centre Hospitalier de Donka, Conakry, Guinée

Mamadou Bhoye Keita

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Département de laboratoire, Institut National de la Santé Publique, Conakry, Guinée, Département de biologie, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinée

Anou Moise Somboro

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University Clinical Research Center, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali, Antimicrobial Research Unit, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Youssouf Coulibaly

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University Clinical Research Center, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali

Egon A. Ozer

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States of America, Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution, Northwestern University Havey Institute for Global Health, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Judd F. Hultquist

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution, Northwestern University Havey Institute for Global Health, Chicago, IL, United States of America, Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution, Northwestern University Havey Institute for Global Health, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Robert Leo Murphy

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Global Health, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Almoustapha Issiaka Maiga

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations University Clinical Research Center, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali, Département de Biologie médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Gabriel Toure, Bamako, Mali

Mamoudou Maiga

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Global Health, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Ramon Lorenzo-Redondo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ramon.lorenzo@northwestern.edu

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States of America, Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution, Northwestern University Havey Institute for Global Health, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests.