About the Authors

Patricia Nahirya-Ntege

Affiliation MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda

Adrian Cook

adc@ctu.mrc.ac.uk

Affiliation MRC Clinical Trials Unit, London, United Kingdom

Tichaona Vhembo

Affiliation University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Harare, Zimbabwe

Wilfred Opilo

Affiliation Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda

Rachel Namuddu

Affiliation Baylor-Uganda Paediatric Infectious Disease Clinic, Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Richard Katuramu

Affiliation MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda

Jessica Tezikyabbiri

Affiliation Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda

Bethany Naidoo-James

Affiliation MRC Clinical Trials Unit, London, United Kingdom

Diana Gibb

Affiliation MRC Clinical Trials Unit, London, United Kingdom

on behalf of the ARROW Trial Team

Competing Interests

First–line drugs were provided by GlaxoSmithKline. No other competing interests exist. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: AC. Wrote the paper: PNN AC TV RK RN WO JT BN DG.