About the Authors
- Dalsone Kwarisiima
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* E-mail: dkwarisiima@mjap.or.ug
Affiliation Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda
- Laura Balzer
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Affiliations Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- David Heller
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Current address: Arnhold Institute for Global Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
Affiliation University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Prashant Kotwani
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Affiliation University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Gabriel Chamie
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Affiliation University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Tamara Clark
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Affiliation University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- James Ayieko
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Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, Kenya
- Florence Mwangwa
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda
- Vivek Jain
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Affiliation University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Dathan Byonanebye
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda
- Maya Petersen
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Affiliation University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Diane Havlir
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Affiliation University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Moses R. Kamya
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Affiliations Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
Competing Interests
The authors hereby acknowledge as a Competing Interests Statement that Gilead Sciences, a commercial funder, has provided financial support to this study, but had no role in study design, data collection and analysis. Although Gilead Sciences reserves the right to review SEARCH manuscripts prior to submission to remove any confidential information, Gilead Sciences did not request any revisions or redactions to this manuscript on review, nor was Gilead Sciences involved in the decision to publish, or the preparation of the manuscript, in any other way. This acknowledgement does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DH MRK DK MP VJ GC TC. Performed the experiments: DH MRK DK MP VJ GC TC JA DB FM PK. Analyzed the data: LB DH MRK DK MP VJ GC TC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DH MRK DK MP VJ GC TC JA DB FM PK LB DH. Wrote the paper: DH MRK DK MP VJ GC TC JA DB FM PK LB DH.