About the Authors

Atis Muehlenbachs

Affiliations MOMS Project, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America , University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Theonest K Mutabingwa

Affiliations MOMS Project, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom , National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania , Muheza Designated District Hospital, Muheza, Tanzania

Sally Edmonds

Affiliation Muheza Designated District Hospital, Muheza, Tanzania

Michal Fried

Affiliations MOMS Project, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America , University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Patrick E Duffy

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: pduffy@sbri.org

Affiliations MOMS Project, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America , University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America , Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

AM performed statistical analyses, contributed to experimental design, and performed the experiments depicted in Figures 1 and 2 and Table S1. TKM, MF, and PED designed and managed the MOMS project. SE collected clinical data. AM and PED wrote the manuscript, with assistance from the other authors.