About the Authors

Michael Marks

Michael.marks@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliations Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom

Oliver Sokana

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Honiara, Solomon Islands

Eli Nachamkin

Affiliation Molecular Diagnostics & Typing Laboratory, Laboratory Reference & Research Branch, Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Elliot Puiahi

Affiliation Ministry of Health and Medical Services, Honiara, Solomon Islands

Georgina Kilua

Affiliation World Health Organization, Western Pacific Region Office, Honiara, Solomon Islands

Allan Pillay

Affiliation Molecular Diagnostics & Typing Laboratory, Laboratory Reference & Research Branch, Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Christian Bottomley

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Anthony W. Solomon

Affiliations Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom

David C. Mabey

Affiliations Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM OS AP CB AWS DCM. Performed the experiments: MM OS EN EP GK. Analyzed the data: MM CB AWS AP DCM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP EN. Wrote the paper: MM OS EP EN GK CB AP AWS DCM.