About the Authors

Pamela S. Gaskin

pamela.gaskin@cavehill.uwi.edu

Affiliation Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados

Ryan V. Hall

Affiliation Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados

Peter Chami

Affiliations The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados

Margaret A. St. John

Affiliation Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados

David A. Gaskin

Affiliation Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados

Oarabile R. Molaodi

Affiliation CSO/MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Seeromanie Harding

Affiliation CSO/MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PSG. Performed the experiments: PSG RVH. Analyzed the data: ORM PC PSG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PSG MAS. Wrote the paper: PSG SH. Contributed critical comments on the final draft of the manuscript: DAG SH.