About the Authors

Nishaki Mehta

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sonia Trzmielina

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

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

Affiliation School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rongheng Lin

Affiliation School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andrea S. Foulkes

Affiliation School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kristina McNeal

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Arthur Ammann

Affiliation Global Strategies for HIV Prevention, San Rafael, California, United States of America

Vindu Eulalievyolo

Affiliation Heal Africa Hospital, Goma, Congo

John L. Sullivan

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Katherine Luzuriaga

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mohan Somasundaran

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.