About the Authors

Priscilla Atim

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

patim@uniph.go.ug

Affiliations Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, National Institute of Public Health, Kampala Uganda, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Samuel Gidudu

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, National Institute of Public Health, Kampala Uganda

Bernard Ssentalo Bagaya

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Andrew Kambugu

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Grace Najjuka

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Microbiology Reference Laboratory, Uganda National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services, Kampala, Uganda

Atuhaire D. Winfred

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Microbiology Reference Laboratory, Uganda National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services, Kampala, Uganda

Benedict Kanamwanji

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Microbiology Reference Laboratory, Uganda National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services, Kampala, Uganda

Esther Nabende

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Microbiology Reference Laboratory, Uganda National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services, Kampala, Uganda

Adella Atukunda

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Microbiology Reference Laboratory, Uganda National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services, Kampala, Uganda

Jonathan Kabazzi

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Microbiology Reference Laboratory, Uganda National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services, Kampala, Uganda

Sylvia Joyoo

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Microbiology Reference Laboratory, Uganda National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services, Kampala, Uganda

Hildah Tendo Nansikombi

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, National Institute of Public Health, Kampala Uganda

Alex Riolexus Ario

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, National Institute of Public Health, Kampala Uganda

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.