About the Authors

Cissy Kityo

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda

Alexander J. Szubert

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Abraham Siika

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Moi University School of Medicine, Eldoret, Kenya

Robert Heyderman

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department/College of Medicine, University of Malawi, and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Mutsa Bwakura-Dangarembizi

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Zimbabwe Clinical Research Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe

Abbas Lugemwa

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Joint Clinical Research Centre, Mbarara, Uganda

Shalton Mwaringa

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

Anna Griffiths

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Immaculate Nkanya

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda

Sheila Kabahenda

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Joint Clinical Research Centre, Fort Portal, Uganda

Simon Wachira

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Moi University School of Medicine, Eldoret, Kenya

Godfrey Musoro

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Zimbabwe Clinical Research Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe

Chatu Rajapakse

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Timothy Etyang

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya

James Abach

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Joint Clinical Research Centre, Gulu, Uganda

Moira J. Spyer

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Priscilla Wavamunno

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda

Linda Nyondo-Mipando

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department/College of Medicine, University of Malawi, and Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi

Ennie Chidziva

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Zimbabwe Clinical Research Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe

Kusum Nathoo

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Zimbabwe Clinical Research Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe

Nigel Klein

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University College London Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

James Hakim

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Zimbabwe Clinical Research Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe

Diana M. Gibb

Contributed equally to this work with: Diana M. Gibb, A. Sarah Walker, Sarah L. Pett

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

rmjlasw@ucl.ac.uk (ASW); diana.gibb@ucl.ac.uk (DMG)

Affiliation Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, University College London, London, United Kingdom

A. Sarah Walker

Contributed equally to this work with: Diana M. Gibb, A. Sarah Walker, Sarah L. Pett

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

rmjlasw@ucl.ac.uk (ASW); diana.gibb@ucl.ac.uk (DMG)

Affiliation Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Sarah L. Pett

Contributed equally to this work with: Diana M. Gibb, A. Sarah Walker, Sarah L. Pett

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at University College London, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Institute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

on behalf of the REALITY trial team

Membership of the REALITY trial team is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: the institution of ASW has received funding from Janssen and Gilead Sciences for DSMB membership and lectures; JH has received funding for advisory board membership from Mylan Pharmaceuticals; all other authors have no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.