About the Authors

Aubree Gordon

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

Elsa Videa

Affiliation Sustainable Sciences Institute, Managua, Nicaragua

Saira Saborio

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

Arthur Reingold

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Angel Balmaseda

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

Eva Harris

eharris@berkeley.edu

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 has any relationships or support that might be perceived as constituting a competing interest, except that Quidel Corporation covered the costs of airfare and hotel for AG at one conference in February 2009.

Author Contributions

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