About the Authors

Thomas H. Riess

vonriess@yahoo.com

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Maryline M. Achieng’

Affiliation Research Care and Training Program, Center for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

Samuel Otieno

Affiliation Research Care and Training Program, Center for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

J. O. Ndinya-Achola

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

Robert C. Bailey

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: THR JONA RCB. Performed the experiments: THR MMA SO. Analyzed the data: THR MMA SO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: THR. Wrote the paper: THR RCB.