About the Authors

Norman Nausch

nnausch@staffmail.ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Ashworth Laboratories, School of Biological Sciences, Institute for Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Nicholas Midzi

Affiliation National Institute of Health Research, Harare, Zimbabwe

Takafira Mduluza

Current address: Harvard AIDS Institute, Gaborone, Botswana

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Rick M. Maizels

Affiliation Ashworth Laboratories, School of Biological Sciences, Institute for Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Francisca Mutapi

Affiliation Ashworth Laboratories, School of Biological Sciences, Institute for Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NN TM FM. Performed the experiments: NN. Analyzed the data: NN FM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NM TM. Wrote the paper: NN RMM FM.