About the Authors

Theresa M. Rossouw

Contributed equally to this work with: Theresa M. Rossouw, Ute D. Feucht

theresa.rossouw@up.ac.za

Affiliation Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Ute D. Feucht

Contributed equally to this work with: Theresa M. Rossouw, Ute D. Feucht

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

George Melikian

Affiliation AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Gisela van Dyk

Affiliation Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Winifred Thomas

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Nicolette M. du Plessis

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Theunis Avenant

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TR UF. Performed the experiments: GVD. Analyzed the data: GM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TR GM. Wrote the paper: TR UF GM GVD WT NDP TA.