About the Authors

Denis Omara

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

omaradenis2@gmail.com

Affiliations Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Entebbe, Uganda, Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRC/UVRI & LSHTM) Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

Christian Ndekezi

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Entebbe, Uganda, Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRC/UVRI & LSHTM) Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

Susan Mugaba

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRC/UVRI & LSHTM) Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

Angella Nakyanzi

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Entebbe, Uganda

Henry Bukenya

Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation

Affiliation Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Entebbe, Uganda

Josephine Bwogi

Roles Resources

Affiliation Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Entebbe, Uganda

Fortunate Natwijuka

Roles Methodology

Affiliations Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRC/UVRI & LSHTM) Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

Anne Kapaata

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRC/UVRI & LSHTM) Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

Frank Kato

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRC/UVRI & LSHTM) Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

Drake Byamukama

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRC/UVRI & LSHTM) Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

Mercy Lorna Ayebale

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRC/UVRI & LSHTM) Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

David Patrick Kateete

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Jennifer Serwanga

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Entebbe, Uganda, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRC/UVRI & LSHTM) Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

Stephen Cose

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRC/UVRI & LSHTM) Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

Sande James Obondo

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Pontiano Kaleebu

Roles Project administration

Affiliations Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Entebbe, Uganda, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRC/UVRI & LSHTM) Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

Sheila Nina Balinda

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), Entebbe, Uganda, Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRC/UVRI & LSHTM) Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.