About the Authors

Collins Tabu

Affiliations Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Nairobi, Kenya, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, Nairobi, Kenya

Robert F. Breiman

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya, International Emerging Infections Program, Global Disease Detection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Benjamin Ochieng

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Barrack Aura

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Leonard Cosmas

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Allan Audi

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Beatrice Olack

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Godfrey Bigogo

Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Juliette R. Ongus

Affiliation Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

Patricia Fields

Affiliation Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Eric Mintz

Affiliation Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Deron Burton

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya, International Emerging Infections Program, Global Disease Detection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Joe Oundo

Affiliations Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Nairobi, Kenya, Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya

Daniel R. Feikin

dfeikin@jhsph.edu

Affiliations Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya, 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: CT RB DF. Performed the experiments: CT RB B. Olack BA LC AA B. Ochieng GB PF JO DF. Analyzed the data: CT BA LC AA B. Ochieng DF. Wrote the paper: CT RB B. Olack BA LC AA B. Ochieng GB JRO PF EM DB JO DF.