About the Authors

Etienne Karita

Affiliation Projet San Francisco (PSF), Kigali, Rwanda

Nzeera Ketter

Affiliation Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Matt A. Price

mprice@iavi.org

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative - New York, New York, United States of America

Kayitesi Kayitenkore

Affiliation Projet San Francisco (PSF), Kigali, Rwanda

Pontiano Kaleebu

Affiliation Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Entebbe, Uganda

Annet Nanvubya

Affiliation Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Entebbe, Uganda

Omu Anzala

Affiliation Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI), Nairobi, Kenya

Walter Jaoko

Affiliation Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI), Nairobi, Kenya

Gaudensia Mutua

Affiliation Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI), Nairobi, Kenya

Eugene Ruzagira

Affiliation MRC/UVRI Uganda Virus Research Unit on AIDS, Masaka Site, Masaka, Uganda

Joseph Mulenga

Affiliation Zambia Emory HIV Research Project (ZEHRP), Lusaka, Zambia

Eduard J. Sanders

Affiliations Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast (CGMRC), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kilifi, Kenya, Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Mary Mwangome

Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast (CGMRC), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kilifi, Kenya

Susan Allen

Affiliation Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Agnes Bwanika

Affiliation MRC/UVRI Uganda Virus Research Unit on AIDS, Masaka Site, Masaka, Uganda

Ubaldo Bahemuka

Affiliation MRC/UVRI Uganda Virus Research Unit on AIDS, Masaka Site, Masaka, Uganda

Ken Awuondo

Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast (CGMRC), Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kilifi, Kenya

Gloria Omosa

Affiliation Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI), Nairobi, Kenya

Bashir Farah

Affiliation Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI), Nairobi, Kenya

Pauli Amornkul

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative - New York, New York, United States of America

Josephine Birungi

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative - New York, New York, United States of America

Sarah Yates

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative - New York, New York, United States of America

Lisa Stoll-Johnson

Affiliation El Cerrito, California, United States of America

Jill Gilmour

Affiliation Centre for Tropical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Gwynn Stevens

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative - New York, New York, United States of America

Erin Shutes

Affiliation Projet San Francisco (PSF), Kigali, Rwanda

Olivier Manigart

Affiliation Zambia Emory HIV Research Project (ZEHRP), Lusaka, Zambia

Peter Hughes

Affiliation Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Entebbe, Uganda

Len Dally

Affiliation The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Janet Scott

Affiliation University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Wendy Stevens

Affiliation University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and National Health Laboratory Services, Johannesburg, South Africa

Pat Fast

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative - New York, New York, United States of America

Anatoli Kamali

Affiliation MRC/UVRI Uganda Virus Research Unit on AIDS, Masaka Site, Masaka, Uganda

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NK MAP PK JG GS PF AK. Performed the experiments: EK KK PK AN OA WJ GM ER JM EJS MM SA AB UB KA GO BF JB ES OM PH AK. Analyzed the data: EK MAP KK PNA SY LD JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BF LSJ JG GS OM PH JS WS. Wrote the paper: EK MAP KK OA EJS SA PNA LSJ LD WS PF AK.