About the Authors

Mqondisi Tshabalala

mtshabaz@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe

Justen Manasa

Current address: Africa Center for Health and Population Studies, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe

Lynn S. Zijenah

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe

Simbarashe Rusakaniko

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe

Gerard Kadzirange

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe

Mary Mucheche

Affiliation Department of Community Medicine, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe

Seble Kassaye

Current address: Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Washington D.C., United States of America

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Elizabeth Johnston

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

David Katzenstein

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DK LSZ SK SR GK. Performed the experiments: MT JM EJ MM. Analyzed the data: SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT JM LSZ SR GK MM SK EJ DK. Wrote the paper: MT JM LSZ SR GK MM SK EJ DK.