About the Authors

Katharina Kranzer

katharina.kranzer@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute for Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Stephen D. Lawn

Affiliations Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute for Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Gesine Meyer-Rath

Affiliations Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office (HE2RO), Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University, Boston, United States of America

Anna Vassall

Affiliations Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Development Policy and Practice, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Eudoxia Raditlhalo

Affiliation The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute for Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Darshini Govindasamy

Affiliation The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute for Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Nienke van Schaik

Affiliation The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute for Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Robin Wood

Affiliation The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute for Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Linda-Gail Bekker

Affiliation The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute for Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KK SDL NvS LGB RW. Performed the experiments: KK NvS ER DG. Analyzed the data: KK GMR AV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GMR AV LGB RW. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: KK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KK SDL LGB RW AV GMR. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: KK SDL NvS ER DG AV GMR RW LGB. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: KK SDL NvS ER DG AV GMR RW LGB. LGB and RW provided the research infrastructure.