About the Authors

Mary B. Adam

mary.b.adam@gmail.com

Affiliation AIC Kijabe Medical Center, Kijabe, Kenya

Maria Dillmann

Affiliation Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Mei-kuang Chen

Affiliation University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Simon Mbugua

Affiliation AIC Kijabe Medical Center, Kijabe, Kenya

Joram Ndung’u

Affiliation AIC Kijabe Medical Center, Kijabe, Kenya

Priscilla Mumbi

Affiliation AIC Kijabe Medical Center, Kijabe, Kenya

Eunice Waweru

Affiliation AIC Kijabe Medical Center, Kijabe, Kenya

Peter Meissner

Affiliation Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA MD MC SM JN PM EW PM. Performed the experiments: MA MD SM JN PM EW. Analyzed the data: MA MD MC SM JN PM EW PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA MD MC. Wrote the paper: MA MD MC SM JN PM EW PM.