About the Authors

Irene A. Biraro

andiaodanga@yahoo.com

Affiliation College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Moses Egesa

Affiliation College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Frederic Toulza

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infection, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Jonathan Levin

Affiliation Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute, Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda

Stephen Cose

Affiliations Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute, Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Moses Joloba

Affiliation College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Steven Smith

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infection, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Hazel M. Dockrell

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infection, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Achilles Katamba

Affiliation College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Alison M. Elliott

Affiliations Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute, Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IAB SS AK AME. Performed the experiments: IAB ME FT. Analyzed the data: IAB JL AME. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IAB SC AME. Wrote the paper: IAB ME FT JL SC MJ SS HMD AK AME.