About the Authors

Pavani K. Ram

pkram@buffalo.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America

Margaret A. DiVita

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America

Kaniz Khatun-e-Jannat

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Manoshi Islam

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Kimberly Krytus

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America

Emily Cercone

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America

Badrul Munir Sohel

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Makhdum Ahmed

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abid Mahmud Quaiyum Rahman

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Mustafizur Rahman

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Jihnhee Yu

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America

W. Abdullah Brooks

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Alicia M. Fry

Affiliation Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States of America

Stephen P. Luby

Affiliation Centre for Communicable Diseases, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PKR BMS EAB AMF SPL. Performed the experiments: MAD KJ MI KK EC BMS MA AMQR MR EAB. Analyzed the data: PKR MAD MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR JY. Wrote the paper: PKR MAD KJ MI KK EC BMS MA AMQR MR JY WAB EAB AMF SPL.