About the Authors

Emmanuel Nasinghe

Contributed equally to this work with: Emmanuel Nasinghe, Denis Musinguzi, Mercy Takuwa

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (CHS), Kampala, Uganda

Denis Musinguzi

Contributed equally to this work with: Emmanuel Nasinghe, Denis Musinguzi, Mercy Takuwa

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, College of Computing and Information Sciences, Makerere University (CoCIS), Kampala, Uganda

Mercy Takuwa

Contributed equally to this work with: Emmanuel Nasinghe, Denis Musinguzi, Mercy Takuwa

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (CHS), Kampala, Uganda

Rogers Kamulegeya

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (CHS), Kampala, Uganda

Rose Nabatanzi

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (CHS), Kampala, Uganda

Sharon Namiiro

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources

Affiliations Makerere University Lung Institute (MLI), Kampala, Uganda, Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, Masaka, Uganda

Cosmas Mwikirize

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Science, Technology, Innovation, Office of the President, Kampala, Uganda

Andrew Katumba

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Art and Design, Makerere University (CEDAT), Kampala, Uganda

Willy Ssengooba

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (CHS), Kampala, Uganda

Florence Nameere Kivunike

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Information Technology, College of Computing and Information Sciences, Makerere University (CoCIS), Kampala, Uganda

Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, College of Computing and Information Sciences, Makerere University (CoCIS), Kampala, Uganda

David Patrick Kateete

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

davidkateete@gmail.com, david.kateete@mak.ac.ug

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, Makerere University College of Health Sciences (CHS), Kampala, Uganda

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.