About the Authors

Amy M. Dechet

adechet@gmail.com

Affiliations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Portland Providence Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Michele Parsons

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

Madan Rambaran

Affiliation Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Georgetown, Guyana

Pheona Mohamed-Rambaran

Affiliation Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Georgetown, Guyana

Anita Florendo-Cumbermack

Affiliation Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Georgetown, Guyana

Shamdeo Persaud

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Georgetown, Guyana

Shirematee Baboolal

Affiliation Caribbean Epidemiology Centre, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Mary D. Ari

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

Sean V. Shadomy

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

Sherif R. Zaki

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

Christopher D. Paddock

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

Thomas A. Clark

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

Lazenia Harris

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

Douglas Lyon

Affiliations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgetown, Guyana, La Clinica del Cariño, Hood River, Oregon, United States of America

Eric D. Mintz

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AD MP MR PMR AFC SP SB SS TC DL EM. Performed the experiments: AD MP PMR AFC SP MA SZ CP. Analyzed the data: AD MP MR PMR SB MA SS SZ CP TC LH DL EM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP PMR SB MA SZ CP LZ. Primary author: AD. Significant revisions: SS TC EM. Revisions: MP MR PMR AFC SP SB MA SZ CP LH DL.