About the Authors

Ambroise Wonkam

ambroise.wonkam@uct.ac.za

Affiliation Division of Human Genetics, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa

Valentina J. Ngo Bitoungui

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Parasitology and Haematology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Anna A. Vorster

Affiliation Division of Human Genetics, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa

Raj Ramesar

Affiliations Division of Human Genetics, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, UCT/MRC Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa

Richard S. Cooper

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Bamidele Tayo

Affiliation Department of Public Health Sciences, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America

Guillaume Lettre

Affiliation Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Jeanne Ngogang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Parasitology and Haematology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AW AAV JN. Performed the experiments: VJNB AAV RR AW JN. Analyzed the data: AW VJNB AAV BT RSC GL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AW RR JN BT RSC GL. Wrote the paper: AW RR BT RSC GL. Revised and approved the manuscript: AW VJNB AAV RR RSC BT GL JN.