About the Authors

Roma Chilengi

Roma.Chilengi@cidrz.org

Affiliations Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Michelo Simuyandi

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Lauren Beach

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Katayi Mwila

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Sylvia Becker-Dreps

Affiliation University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Devy M. Emperador

Affiliation Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Daniel E. Velasquez

Affiliation Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Samuel Bosomprah

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Baoming Jiang

Affiliation Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC MS KM. Performed the experiments: MS DE DV BJ. Analyzed the data: RC SD MS KM LB SB DE DV BJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RC SB DE DV BJ. Wrote the paper: RC SD MS KM LB SB DE DV BJ. Provided training and reagents to laboratory tests: BJ.