About the Authors

Ekwaro A. Obuku

eobuku@jcrc.org.ug

Affiliation Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda

Sujal M. Parikh

Affiliation University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Victoria Nankabirwa

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Nelson I. Kakande

Affiliation Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda

David K. Mafigiri

Affiliations Department of Social Work and Social Administration, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Center for Social Science Research on AIDS, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Harriet Mayanja-Kizza

Affiliation Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Cissy M. Kityo

Affiliation Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda

Peter N. Mugyenyi

Affiliation Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda

Robert A. Salata

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMP HMK EAO RAS VN NIK DKM CMK PNM. Performed the experiments: EAO. Analyzed the data: EAO RAS HMK VN DKM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DKM. Wrote the paper: SMP HMK EAO RAS VN NIK DKM CMK PNM.