About the Authors

Nusrat Homaira

nhomaira@icddrb.org

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Stephen P. Luby

Affiliations International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

William A. Petri

Affiliation University of Virginia, Jack Jouett, Virginia, United States of America

Raija Vainionpaa

Affiliation University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Mustafizur Rahman

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Kamal Hossain

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Cynthia B. Snider

Affiliation University of Virginia, Jack Jouett, Virginia, United States of America

Mahmudur Rahman

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research, (IEDCR), Dhaka, Bangladesh

A. S. M. Alamgir

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research, (IEDCR), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Farzina Zesmin

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Masud Alam

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Emily S. Gurley

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Rashid Uz Zaman

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Tasnim Azim

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dean D. Erdman

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Alicia M. Fry

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Joseph Bresee

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Marc-Alain Widdowson

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Rashidul Haque

Affiliation International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner

Affiliations International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NH SPL WAP CBS Mahmudur Rahman ASMA ESG RZ AF M-AW RH EA-B JB Mustafizur Rahman. Performed the experiments: NH RV FZ MA EA-B. Analyzed the data: NH RV KH Mustafizur Rahman TA DDE EA-B. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RH DDE ESG. Wrote the paper: NH.