About the Authors

Chisomo L. Msefula

Contributed equally to this work with: Chisomo L. Msefula, Franziska Olgemoeller

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

cmsefula@medcol.mw

Affiliations Pathology Department, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

Franziska Olgemoeller

Contributed equally to this work with: Chisomo L. Msefula, Franziska Olgemoeller

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Paediatrics, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

Ndaru Jambo

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Pathology Department, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Dalitso Segula

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Department of Internal Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

Trinh Van Tan

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tonney S. Nyirenda

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Pathology Department, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

Wilfred Nedi

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

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

Neil Kennedy

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Centre for Medical Education, Queens University, Belfast, United Kingdom

Matthew Graham

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programme, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Marc Y. R. Henrion

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Stephen Baker

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Department of Medicine, The University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Nicholas Feasey

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Melita Gordon

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Robert S. Heyderman

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.