About the Authors

Andrew J. Renuart

Affiliations Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

David M. Goldfarb

Affiliations Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

Margaret Mokomane

Affiliation National Health Laboratory, Gaborone, Botswana

Ephraim O. Tawanana

Affiliation Microbiology Laboratory, Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana

Mohan Narasimhamurthy

Affiliation Bokamoso Private Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana

Andrew P. Steenhoff

Affiliations Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jonathan A. Silverman

jonathan.silverman@seattlechldrens.org

Affiliations Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJR APS DMG JAS. Performed the experiments: MM EOT MN. Analyzed the data: AJR APS DMG MN JAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM EOT MN. Wrote the paper: AJR APS DMG JAS.