About the Authors

John Wagai

jwagai@nairobi.kemri-wellcome.org

Affiliation Child and Newborn Health Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenyan Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)–Wellcome Trust Programme, Nairobi, Kenya

John Senga

Affiliation Child and Newborn Health Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenyan Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)–Wellcome Trust Programme, Nairobi, Kenya

Greg Fegan

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast, Kilifi, Kenya, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Mike English

Affiliations Child and Newborn Health Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenyan Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)–Wellcome Trust Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Mike English has at times provided advice to WHO panels on common childhood illnesses and their management in low-income countries. There are no other conflicts of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JNW JS ME. Performed the experiments: JNW ME. Analyzed the data: JNW GF ME. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JNW JS. Wrote the paper: JNW GF ME.