About the Authors

Esaie Marshall

Affiliations Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unit 1018, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Villejuif, France, Faculty of medicine, Research Unit 4184, Faculty of Medicine, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France

Reathe Rain-Taljaard

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa

Motlalepule Tsepe

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa

Cornelius Monkwe

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa

Florence Hlatswayo

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa

Simphiwe Tshabalala

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa

Simphiwe Khela

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa

Lindo Xulu

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa

Dumazile Xaba

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa

Tebogo Molomo

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa

Thobile Malinga

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa

Adrian Puren

Affiliations National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Bertran Auvert

bertran.auvert@uvsq.fr

Affiliations Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unit 1018, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Villejuif, France, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, Faculty of Medicine, University of Versailles-Saint Quentin, Versailles, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BA RRT. Performed the experiments: RRT MT CM FH ST LX DX TM SK. Analyzed the data: EM BA. Wrote the paper: EM BA AP RRT.