About the Authors

Esther Cathyln Atukunda

estheratukunda@gmail.com

Affiliation Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

Godfrey Rwambuka Mugyenyi

Affiliation Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

Celestino Obua

Affiliation Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

Elly Bronney Atuhumuza

Affiliation Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

Nicholas Musinguzi

Affiliation Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

Yarine Fajardo Tornes

Affiliation Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

Amon Ganaafa Agaba

Affiliation Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

Mark Jacob Siedner

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Center for Global Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ECA AGA GRM CO. Performed the experiments: GRM YFT. Analyzed the data: ECA EBA NM CO MJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ECA EBA NM MJS. Wrote the paper: ECA GRM CO EBA NM YFT AGA MJS.