About the Authors

Trevor G. Bell

Affiliation Hepatitis Virus Diversity Research Programme, Department of Internal Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Euphodia Makondo

Affiliation Hepatitis Virus Diversity Research Programme, Department of Internal Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Neil A. Martinson

Affiliations Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltmore, Maryland, United States of America

Anna Kramvis

Anna.Kramvis@wits.ac.za

Affiliation Hepatitis Virus Diversity Research Programme, Department of Internal Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TGB EM NM AK. Performed the experiments: TGB EM. Analyzed the data: TGB EM AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TGB AK. Wrote the paper: TGB AK. Set up rural cohort site: TGB NM AK.