About the Authors

Elijah M. Songok

Esongok@kemri.org

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Ma Luo

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

Ben Liang

Affiliation Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

Paul Mclaren

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Nadine Kaefer

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Winnie Apidi

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Genevieve Boucher

Affiliation University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

Joshua Kimani

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Charles Wachihi

Affiliation University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Rafick Sekaly

Affiliation University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

Keith Fowke

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Blake T. Ball

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

Francis A. Plummer

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMS BTB FAP. Performed the experiments: EMS WA NK. Analyzed the data: EMS GB BL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML PM RS JK CW KF. Wrote the paper: EMS.