About the Authors

Marcia R. Weaver

mweaver@uw.edu

Affiliation Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ian Crozier

Affiliation Accordia Global Health Foundation, Kampala, Uganda

Simon Eleku

Affiliation Mengo Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Gyaviira Makanga

Affiliation Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

Lydia Mpanga Sebuyira

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Janepher Nyakake

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

MaryLou Thompson

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Kelly Willis

Affiliation Accordia Global Health Foundation, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Competing Interests

Lydia Mpanga Sebuyira states that under her leadership, the IDI Training Department received funds from various commercial enterprises and public agency sources, none of which she believes presented any conflicts of interest. Kelly Willis states that Accordia Global Health Foundation received funds from commercial and non-profit enterprises, which she does not believe were conflicts of interest for her or her staff. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IC LMS MLT MRW KW. Performed the experiments: IC SE GM JN. Analyzed the data: IC MLT MRW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IC SE GM JN. Wrote the paper: MLT MRW. Revision and approval of final manuscript: IC SE GM LMS JN MLT MRW KW.