About the Authors

Marie-Quitterie Picat

Contributed equally to this work with: Marie-Quitterie Picat, Joanna Lewis

Affiliations Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Institut de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie et de Développement, Centre Inserm U897–Epidemiologie-Biostatistique, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, Department of Medical Information, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France

Joanna Lewis

Contributed equally to this work with: Marie-Quitterie Picat, Joanna Lewis

joanna.lewis@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliations Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Victor Musiime

Affiliation Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda

Andrew Prendergast

Affiliations MRC Clinical Trials Unit, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom, Centre for Paediatrics, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Kusum Nathoo

Affiliation University of Zimbabwe Medical School, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Addy Kekitiinwa

Affiliation Paediatric Infectious Diseases Centre, Mulago, Uganda

Patricia Nahirya Ntege

Affiliation MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

Diana M. Gibb

Affiliation MRC Clinical Trials Unit, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom

Rodolphe Thiebaut

Affiliations Institut de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie et de Développement, Centre Inserm U897–Epidemiologie-Biostatistique, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, Department of Medical Information, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France

A. Sarah Walker

These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation MRC Clinical Trials Unit, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom

Nigel Klein

These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Robin Callard

These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

the ARROW Trial Team

‡ Membership of the ARROW Trial Team is listed in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

AJP is a coinvestigator on the ARROW trial but did not receive any funds for his participation in this trial. AJP is a member of the WHO paediatric ARV working group but receives no financial support for this activity. AJP is funded by the Wellcome Trust. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC NK MQP JL ASW DMG RT. Analyzed the data: MQP JL. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: MQP JL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MQP JL RC NK ASW DMG VM AP KN AK PNN RT. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: MQP JL VM AP KN AK PNN RT DMG ASW NK RC. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: MQP JL VM AP KN AK PNN RT DMG ASW NK RC. Enrolled patients: VM KN PNN AK.