About the Authors

Barbra Tuhamize

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

Benon B. Asiimwe

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

Kennedy Kasaza

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

Wilber Sabiiti

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infection and Global Health, School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

Mathew Holden

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Division of Infection and Global Health, School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

Joel Bazira

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jbazira@must.ac.ug

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.