About the Authors
- Heather B. Jaspan
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* E-mail: heather.jaspan@sbri.org
Current address: Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Affiliation University of Cape Town School of Child and Adolescent Health, Cape Town, South Africa
- Lyen C. Huang
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Affiliation University of Cape Town School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa
- Mark F. Cotton
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Affiliation Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
- Andrew Whitelaw
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Affiliations University of Cape Town School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa, National Health Laboratory Service, Division of Medical Microbiology University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Landon Myer
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HBJ. Performed the experiments: LCH. Analyzed the data: HBJ AW LM. Wrote the paper: HBJ MC. Provided clinical expertise: HBJ. Performed the data collection, and some statistical analysis: LCH. Performed literature review: MFC. Contributed to the laboratory methods and interpretation: AW. Revised the manuscript: MFC LM. Supervised study design and statistical analysis: LM.