About the Authors

Susan M. Kavai

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

ssnkavai8@gmail.com, skavai@kemri.go.ke

Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Winnie C. Mutai

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Cecilia Mbae

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

Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Kelvin Kering

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Ronald Ng’etich

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Peter Muturi

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Collins Kigen

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Walter Reed Army Institute of Research- Africa, Kericho, Kenya

Mike Mugo

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Diana Imoli

Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Celestine Wairimu

Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Samuel Kariuki

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Nairobi, Kenya

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.