About the Authors

Gathii Kimita

Affiliations Walter Reed Project/ Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya, Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Juja, Kenya

Beth Mutai

Affiliation Walter Reed Project/ Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

Steven Ger Nyanjom

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Juja, Kenya

Fred Wamunyokoli

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Juja, Kenya

John Waitumbi

john.waitumbi@usamru-k.org

Affiliation Walter Reed Project/ Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya

Competing Interests

The authors declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW GK. Performed the experiments: GK BM. Analyzed the data: JW GK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW. Wrote the paper: JW GK SGN FW.