About the Authors

Andrew Nsawotebba

Contributed equally to this work with: Andrew Nsawotebba, Ivan Ibanda

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

andrewtebba@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Ivan Ibanda

Contributed equally to this work with: Andrew Nsawotebba, Ivan Ibanda

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Kampala International University, Ishaka, Bushenyi, Uganda

Affiliation Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Isaac Ssewanyana

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Patrick Ogwok

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Francis Ocen

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention/African Society for Laboratory Medicine, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Christopher Okiira

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Uganda National Health Laboratory Services, Kampala, Uganda

Atek Kagirita

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Dennis Mujuni

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Marascientific, Kampala, Uganda

Didas Tugumisirize

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Joel Kabugo

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Uganda National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory /Supranational Reference Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Abdunoor Nyombi

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Uganda National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory /Supranational Reference Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Robert Kaos Majwala

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Bernard Ssentalo Bagaya

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Simeon Kalyesubula-Kibuuka

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Uganda National Health Laboratory Services, Kampala, Uganda

Willy Ssengooba

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda, Makerere University Lung Institute, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Susan Nabadda

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.