About the Authors

Augustine T. Choko

augutc@gmail.com

Affiliation Malawi–Liverpool–Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi

Peter MacPherson

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Emily L. Webb

Affiliation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Barbara A. Willey

Affiliation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Helena Feasy

Affiliation Malawi–Liverpool–Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi

Rodrick Sambakunsi

Affiliation Malawi–Liverpool–Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi

Aaron Mdolo

Affiliation Malawi–Liverpool–Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi

Simon D. Makombe

Affiliation HIV Unit, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

Nicola Desmond

Affiliations Malawi–Liverpool–Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Richard Hayes

Affiliation London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Hendramoorthy Maheswaran

Affiliations Malawi–Liverpool–Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi, Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School, Coventry, United Kingdom

Elizabeth L. Corbett

Affiliations Malawi–Liverpool–Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ELC. Performed the experiments: ATC RS AM. Analyzed the data: ATC EW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ELC. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: ATC HM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: ATC PM EW BW HF RS AM SM ND RH HM EC. Enrolled patients: RS. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: ATC PM EW BW HF RS AM SM ND RH HM EC. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.