About the Authors

Francis Kiweewa

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

fkiweewa@muwrp.org

Affiliation Makerere University- Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

Allahna Esber

Contributed equally to this work with: Allahna Esber, Ezra Musingye

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, United States of America

Ezra Musingye

Contributed equally to this work with: Allahna Esber, Ezra Musingye

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Makerere University- Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

Domonique Reed

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, United States of America

Trevor A. Crowell

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

Affiliations U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, United States of America

Fatim Cham

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, United States of America

Michael Semwogerere

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Makerere University- Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

Rosemary Namagembe

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Makerere University- Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

Alice Nambuya

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Makerere University- Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

Cate Kafeero

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Makerere University- Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

Allan Tindikahwa

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Makerere University- Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

Leigh Anne Eller

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, United States of America

Monica Millard

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Huub C. Gelderblom

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York, New York, United States of America

Babajide Keshinro

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation HJF Medical Research International, Abuja, Nigeria

Yakubu Adamu

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation HJF Medical Research International, Abuja, Nigeria

Jonah Maswai

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation HJF Medical Research International, Kericho, Kenya

John Owuoth

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation HJF Medical Research International, Kisumu, Kenya

Valentine Chepkorir Sing’oei

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation HJF Medical Research International, Kericho, Kenya

Lucas Maganga

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mbeya Medical Research Centre, Mbeya, Tanzania

Emmanuel Bahemana

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation HJF Medical Research International, Mbeya, Tanzania

Samoel Khamadi

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation HJF Medical Research International, Mbeya, Tanzania

Merlin L. Robb

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, United States of America

Julie A. Ake

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Christina S. Polyak

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

‡ CP and HK are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliations U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Bethesda, United States of America

Hannah Kibuuka

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

‡ CP and HK are joint senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Makerere University- Walter Reed Project, Kampala, Uganda

Competing Interests

Authors MM, MLR, JAA, CSP are affiliated with the U.S. Military HIV Research Program. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the U.S. Army or Department of Defense.