About the Authors

John B. A. Okello

jokello@mcmaster.ca (JBAO); poinarh@mcmaster.ca (HNP)

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, McMaster Ancient DNA Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Linda Rodriguez

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, McMaster Ancient DNA Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Debi Poinar

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, McMaster Ancient DNA Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Kirsten Bos

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, McMaster Ancient DNA Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Andrew L. Okwi

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Gabriel S. Bimenya

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Nelson K. Sewankambo

Affiliation Office of the Principal, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Kenneth R. Henry

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Melanie Kuch

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, McMaster Ancient DNA Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Hendrik N. Poinar

jokello@mcmaster.ca (JBAO); poinarh@mcmaster.ca (HNP)

Affiliations Department of Anthropology, McMaster Ancient DNA Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Michael DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JBAO LR DP KB ALO GSB NKS KRH MK HP. Performed the experiments: JBAO LR MK. Analyzed the data: JBAO LR KB KRH MK HP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JBAO DP ALO GSB NKS KRH MK HP. Wrote the paper: JBAO LR DP KB ALO GSB NKS MK HP.