About the Authors

Lauren A. V. Orenstein

Affiliations Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins-Mali, Bamako, Mali

Evan W. Orenstein

Affiliations Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins-Mali, Bamako, Mali

Ibrahima Teguete

Affiliation Gabriel Touré Teaching Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bamako, Mali

Mamoudou Kodio

Affiliation Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins-Mali, Bamako, Mali

Milagritos Tapia

Affiliations Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins-Mali, Bamako, Mali, Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Samba O. Sow

Affiliations Centre pour le Développement des Vaccins-Mali, Bamako, Mali, Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Myron M. Levine

MLevine@medicine.umaryland.edu

Affiliation Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LAVO EWO MT SOS MML. Performed the experiments: LAVO EWO IT MK MML. Analyzed the data: LAVO EWO. Wrote the paper: LAVO EWO IT MK SOS MT MML.