About the Authors
- Maurice O. Ope
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Affiliations Department of Disease Surveillance and Response, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Nairobi, Kenya, Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Management Training Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
- Mark A. Katz
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Affiliation Influenza Program, Global Disease Detection Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya
- Barrack Aura
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Affiliations International Emerging Infections Program, Global Disease Detection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya, Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
- Stella Gikunju
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Affiliations International Emerging Infections Program, Global Disease Detection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya, Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
- M. Kariuki Njenga
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Affiliation International Emerging Infections Program, Global Disease Detection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya
- Zipporah Ng'ang'a
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Affiliation Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
- John Vulule
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Affiliation Center for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
- Robert F. Breiman
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Affiliation International Emerging Infections Program, Global Disease Detection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya
- Daniel R. Feikin
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* E-mail: dfeikin@cdc.gov
Affiliation International Emerging Infections Program, Global Disease Detection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MOO MAK RFB DRF. Performed the experiments: MOO MAK BA SG MKN ZN JV RFB DRF. Analyzed the data: MOO MAK DRF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MOO BA DRF. Wrote the paper: MOO MAK DRF. Supervision of field work: JV ZN DRF.