About the Authors

Caroline Ochieng

caochieng@kemricdc.org

Affiliation Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Petronella Ahenda

Affiliation Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Amy Y. Vittor

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Raymond Nyoka

Affiliation Global Disease Detection Program, United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Stella Gikunju

Affiliation Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Cyrus Wachira

Affiliation Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Lilian Waiboci

Affiliation University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Mamo Umuro

Affiliation Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Nairobi, Kenya

Andrea A. Kim

Affiliation Global Disease Detection Program, United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Leonard Nderitu

Affiliation Africa Biomedical Laboratories, Nairobi, Kenya

Bonventure Juma

Affiliation Global Disease Detection Program, United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Joel M. Montgomery

Affiliation Global Disease Detection Program, United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Robert F. Breiman

Affiliations Global Disease Detection Program, United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Barry Fields

Affiliation Global Disease Detection Program, United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BF JMM RFB AAK LW MU. Performed the experiments: SG CW AYV LN. Analyzed the data: AYV RN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RN. Wrote the paper: CO PA BF BJ. Reviewed the manuscript: JMM RFB AAK LW AYV RN SG CW.