About the Authors

Jayne S. Sutherland

jsutherland@mrc.gm

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Atlantic Road, Fajara, The Gambia, West Africa

Danlani Garba

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Atlantic Road, Fajara, The Gambia, West Africa

Augustin E. Fombah

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Atlantic Road, Fajara, The Gambia, West Africa

Awa Mendy-Gomez

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Atlantic Road, Fajara, The Gambia, West Africa

Francis S. Mendy

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Atlantic Road, Fajara, The Gambia, West Africa

Martin Antonio

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Atlantic Road, Fajara, The Gambia, West Africa

John Townend

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Atlantic Road, Fajara, The Gambia, West Africa

Readon C. Ideh

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Atlantic Road, Fajara, The Gambia, West Africa

Tumani Corrah

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Atlantic Road, Fajara, The Gambia, West Africa

Martin O. C. Ota

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit, Atlantic Road, Fajara, The Gambia, West Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSS MOCO TC. Performed the experiments: JSS FSM AM-G. Analyzed the data: JSS JT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA. Wrote the paper: JSS MOCO. Subject recruitment and clinical assessment: RCI DG AEF.