About the Authors

Justin Wane

Affiliation King Faisal Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda

Thierry Nyatanyi

Affiliation Center of Treatment and Research on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis and Other Epidemic Diseases, Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda

Richard Nkunda

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory, Kigali, Rwanda

Joseph Rukelibuga

Affiliation Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Kigali, Rwanda

Zara Ahmed

Affiliation Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Kigali, Rwanda

Caitlin Biedron

Affiliation Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Kigali, Rwanda

Adeline Kabeja

Affiliation Center of Treatment and Research on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis and Other Epidemic Diseases, Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda

Marie Aimée Muhimpundu

Affiliation Center of Treatment and Research on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis and Other Epidemic Diseases, Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda

Alice Kabanda

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory, Kigali, Rwanda

Simon Antara

Affiliation African Field Epidemiology Network, Kigali, Rwanda

Olivier Briet

Affiliation Center of Treatment and Research on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis and Other Epidemic Diseases, Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda

Jean Baptiste Koama

Affiliation Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Kigali, Rwanda

André Rusanganwa

Affiliation World Health Organization, Kigali, Rwanda

Odette Mukabayire

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory, Kigali, Rwanda

Corine Karema

Affiliation Center of Treatment and Research on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis and Other Epidemic Diseases, Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda

Pratima Raghunathan

Affiliation Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Kigali, Rwanda

David Lowrance

lowranced@na.cdc.gov

Affiliation Division of Global HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Kigali, Rwanda

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW TN JR DL. Performed the experiments: RN A. Kabanda. Analyzed the data: TN RN JR ZA CB A. Kabeja MAM SA OB JBK PR DL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TN RN JR ZA CB A. Kabeja MAM A. Kabanda SA OB JBK OM PR DL. Wrote the paper: JW TN JR ZA CB A. Kabeja MAM SA OB AR CK PR DL.