About the Authors

Andrew Edmonds

aedmonds@email.unc.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Marcel Yotebieng

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jean Lusiama

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Yori Matumona

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Faustin Kitetele

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sonia Napravnik

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Stephen R. Cole

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Annelies Van Rie

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Frieda Behets

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: AE MY JL YM FK SN SRC AVR FB. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: AE MY JL YM FK SN SRC AVR FB. Enrolled patients: JL YM FK. Wrote the first draft of the paper: AE. Conceived and designed the experiments: AE MY SN SRC AVR FB. Performed the experiments: JL YM FK. Analyzed the data: AE. Wrote the paper: AE MY SN SRC AVR FB.