About the Authors

Elisabeth Kleppa

Contributed equally to this work with: Elisabeth Kleppa, Kari F. Klinge

elisabeth.kleppa@medisin.uio.no

Affiliations Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Kari F. Klinge

Contributed equally to this work with: Elisabeth Kleppa, Kari F. Klinge

Affiliation Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Hashini Nilushika Galaphaththi-Arachchige

Affiliation Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Sigve D. Holmen

Affiliations Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Kristine Lillebø

Affiliations Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Mathias Onsrud

Affiliation Department of Gynaecology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Svein Gunnar Gundersen

Affiliations Research Unit, Sorlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway, Department of Global Development and Planning, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway

Myra Taylor

Affiliation Discipline of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Patricia Ndhlovu

Affiliation Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Eyrun F. Kjetland

Affiliations Norwegian Centre for Imported and Tropical Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Discipline of Public Health Medicine, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EK KFK SGG MT MO PN EFK. Performed the experiments: EK KFK HNGA KL EFK. Analyzed the data: EK KFK SDH EFK. Wrote the paper: EK KFK HNGA SDH KL MO SGG MT PN EFK.