About the Authors

Jennifer R. Verani

qzr7@cdc.gov

Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

John McCracken

Affiliation Centro de Estudios en Salud, Universidad del Valle, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Wences Arvelo

Affiliations International Emerging Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Regional Office for Central America and Panama, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Alejandra Estevez

Affiliation Centro de Estudios en Salud, Universidad del Valle, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Maria Renee Lopez

Affiliation Centro de Estudios en Salud, Universidad del Valle, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Lissette Reyes

Affiliations Field Epidemiology Training Program, Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Área de Salud de Santa Rosa, Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social, Cuilapa, Guatemala

Juan Carlos Moir

Affiliation Área de Salud de Quetzaltenango, Ministerio de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Chris Bernart

Affiliation Centro de Estudios en Salud, Universidad del Valle, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Fabiola Moscoso

Affiliation Centro de Estudios en Salud, Universidad del Valle, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Jennifer Gray

Affiliation Centro de Estudios en Salud, Universidad del Valle, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Sonja J. Olsen

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

Kim A. Lindblade

Affiliations International Emerging Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Regional Office for Central America and Panama, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Division of Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRV JM WA LR JCM CB JG SJO KAL. Performed the experiments: AE MRL CB FM JG. Analyzed the data: JRV JM KAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JRV JM WA AE MRL LR JCM CB FM JG SJO KAL. Wrote the paper: JRV. JM WA AE MRL LR JCM CB FM JG SJO KAL.