About the Authors
- Nishaki Mehta
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Sonia Trzmielina
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Current address: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, Texas, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Bareng A. S. Nonyane
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Current address: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Affiliation School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Melissa N. Eliot
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Affiliation School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Rongheng Lin
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Affiliation School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Andrea S. Foulkes
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Affiliation School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Kristina McNeal
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Arthur Ammann
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Affiliation Global Strategies for HIV Prevention, San Rafael, California, United States of America
- Vindu Eulalievyolo
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Affiliation Heal Africa Hospital, Goma, Congo
- John L. Sullivan
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Katherine Luzuriaga
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Mohan Somasundaran
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* E-mail: mohan.somasundaran@umassmed.edu
Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NM ST RL JLS KL MS. Performed the experiments: NM ST KM. Analyzed the data: NM BASN MNE RL ASF KM KL MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA VE. Wrote the paper: NM AA KL MS. Conception and design: MS JLS KL. Interpretation of data: MS NM ST BASN MNE RL ASF AA JLS KL. Technical support: MS KM VE. Supervision of the manuscript: MS VE JLS KL. Drafting of the manuscript: MS NM ST BASN MNE RL ASF KM AA VE JLS KL. Critical revision of manuscript: MS AA JLS KL. Overall supervision of the project: MS. Conduct of the study: NM ST KM. Acquisition of data: NM ST KM. Analysis of data: NM ST. Statistical analysis: BASN MNE RL ASF. Design: RL ASF.