About the Authors

Prossy Naluyima

Affiliations Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda, Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Leigh Anne Eller

Affiliations U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Benson J. Ouma

Affiliation Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

Denis Kyabaggu

Affiliation Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

Peter Kataaha

Affiliation Uganda National Blood Transfusion Service, Kampala, Uganda

David Guwatudde

Affiliation School of Public Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Hannah Kibuuka

Affiliation Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

Fred Wabwire-Mangen

Affiliations Makerere University Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda, School of Public Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Merlin L. Robb

Affiliations U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Nelson L. Michael

Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Mark S. de Souza

Affiliation SEARCH, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center, Bangkok, Thailand

Johan K. Sandberg

Affiliation Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden

Michael A. Eller

meller@hivresearch.org

Affiliations U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PK DG HK LAE FWM NLM MLR MSD MAE. Performed the experiments: PN BJO DK. Analyzed the data: PN LAE MSD JKS MAE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PK DG HK. Wrote the paper: PN JKS MAE. Reviewed the manuscript and provided comments: PN LAE BJO DK PK DG HK FWM MLR NLM MSD JKS MAE.