About the Authors

Edward Mpoza

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

edmpoza@yahoo.com

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda

Liliane Mukaremera

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Didas Atwebembere Kundura

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Makerere University Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda

Andrew Akampurira

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Tonny Luggya

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Kiiza Kandole Tadeo

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda

Katelyn A. Pastick

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Sarah C. Bridge

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Lillian Tugume

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda

Reuben Kiggundu

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda

Abdu K. Musubire

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda

Darlisha A. Williams

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Conrad Muzoora

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda

Elizabeth Nalintya

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda

Radha Rajasingham

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Joshua Rhein

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

David R. Boulware

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

David B. Meya

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Mahsa Abassi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.