About the Authors

Robert M. Njee

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

robertmussa@gmail.com

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Dar es Salam, Tanzania

Calister P. Imeda

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Dar es Salam, Tanzania

Said M. Ali

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri (PHL-IdC), Wawi, Chake, Pemba, Tanzania

Adiel K. Mushi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Dar es Salam, Tanzania

Doris D. Mbata

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Dar es Salam, Tanzania

Albert W. Kapala

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

Affiliation National Bureau of statistics, Dodoma, Tanzania

Emmanuel A. Makundi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Dar es Salam, Tanzania

Vitus A. Nyigo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Dar es Salam, Tanzania

Albert M. Majura

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

Affiliation Independent Researcher, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Winfrida O. Akyoo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Yolanda J. Mbatia

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Dar es Salam, Tanzania

Germana T. Baraka

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation St. John’s University of Tanzania, Dodoma, Tanzania

Judith M. Msovela

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Dar es Salam, Tanzania

Ester S. Ngadaya

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Dar es Salam, Tanzania

Mbazi F. Senkoro

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Dar es Salam, Tanzania

Hamisi M. Malebo

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Dar es Salam, Tanzania

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Execution.