About the Authors

Daniel R. Feikin

dfeikin@jhsph.edu

Affiliation International Emerging Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kisumu, Kenya

Godfrey Bigogo

Affiliations International Emerging Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kisumu, Kenya, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Allan Audi

Affiliations International Emerging Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kisumu, Kenya, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Sherri L. Pals

Affiliation Division of Global HIV/AIDS, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

George Aol

Affiliations International Emerging Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kisumu, Kenya, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Charles Mbakaya

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

John Williamson

Affiliation Center for Global Health, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Robert F. Breiman

Affiliation International Emerging Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kisumu, Kenya

Charles P. Larson

Affiliations International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DRF RFB CPL. Performed the experiments: DRF GB GA CM. Analyzed the data: DRF AA SLP JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CM. Wrote the paper: DRF. Other: Critical review and contribution to written manuscript: GB AA SLP GA CM JW RFB CPL.