About the Authors
- James Ndirangu
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Contributed equally to this work with: James Ndirangu, Johannes Viljoen
* E-mail: jndirangu@africacentre.ac.za (JN); jviljoen@africacentre.ac.za (JV)
Affiliation Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Somkhele, South Africa
- Johannes Viljoen
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Contributed equally to this work with: James Ndirangu, Johannes Viljoen
* E-mail: jndirangu@africacentre.ac.za (JN); jviljoen@africacentre.ac.za (JV)
Affiliation Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Somkhele, South Africa
- Ruth M. Bland
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Affiliations Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Somkhele, South Africa, University of Glasgow School of Medicine, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Siva Danaviah
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Affiliation Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Somkhele, South Africa
- Claire Thorne
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Affiliation MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health, University College London Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
- Philippe Van de Perre
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Affiliations INSERM U, Montpellier, France, Université Montpellier, Montpellier, France, Département de Bactériologie-Virologie et Département d’Information Médicale, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- Marie-Louise Newell
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Affiliations Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Somkhele, South Africa, MRC Centre of Epidemiology for Child Health, University College London Institute of Child Health, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Please note that co-author Dr. Claire Thorne is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MLN RMB PVP. Performed the experiments: JN JV SD. Analyzed the data: JN CT MLN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JN JV SD PVP RMB CT MLN. Wrote the paper: JN. Supervised day-to-day running of the study: RMB. Provided oversight in lab procedures and quantifications: PVP RMB MLN. Provided oversight in statistical data analysis and interpretation: CT MLN.