About the Authors

Bwambale Jonani

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

bwambale.jonani@mak.ac.ug

Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratories, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso, Uganda, Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Emmanuel Charles Kasule

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

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratories, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso, Uganda

Bwire Roman Herman

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratories, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso, Uganda

Joel Fredrick Arturo

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratories, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso, Uganda

Mwesigwa Calvin Mugambwa

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Outpatient and Inpatient Departments, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso, Uganda

Ssebulime Stephen

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso, Uganda

John Bosco Mundaka

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso, Uganda

Richard Kwizera

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

Affiliation Department of Research, Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Gerald Mboowa

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

Affiliations Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, The African Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Data-Intensive Sciences, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Felix Bongomin

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda

Competing Interests

Authors BJ, ECK, BRH, JFA, MCM, SS, and JBM are employed by Sebbi Hospital, a commercial company. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors have declared that no other competing interests exist.