About the Authors

John T. Watson

watsonj@who.int

Affiliation World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Hassan El Bushra

Affiliation World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt

Emmaculate J. Lebo

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Godfrey Bwire

Affiliation Uganda Defense Force (UDPF), Entebbe, Uganda

James Kiyengo

Affiliation Uganda Defense Force (UDPF), Entebbe, Uganda

Gideon Emukule

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Victor Omballa

Affiliations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

John Tole

Affiliation Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

Muvunyi Zuberi

Affiliation African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Robert F. Breiman

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Mark A. Katz

Affiliation Centers 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: JW RB MK HEB GB JK. Performed the experiments: GB JW HEB JK. Analyzed the data: JW EL GE MK RB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK RB VO. Wrote the paper: JW MK EL RB HEB JK GB JT MZ VO GE.