About the Authors

Aubree Gordon

aubree@berkeley.edu

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, John E. Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Elsa Videa

Affiliation Sustainable Sciences Institute, Managua, Nicaragua

Saira Saborío

Affiliation Departamento de Virología, Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua

Roger López

Affiliation Departamento de Virología, Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua

Guillermina Kuan

Affiliation Centro de Salud Sócrates Flores Vivas, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua

Angel Balmaseda

Affiliation Departamento de Virología, Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico y Referencia, Ministry of Health, Managua, Nicaragua

Eva Harris

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

None of the authors have any relationships or support that might be perceived as constituting a conflict of interest, except that Quidel Corporation covered the costs of airfare and hotel for AG at one conference in February 2009 and provided the rapid tests. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all of the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG GK AB EH. Performed the experiments: AG EV SS RL GK AB. Analyzed the data: AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EH. Wrote the paper: AG AB EH.