About the Authors

Pierre M. Durand

pierre.durand@wits.ac.za

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, University of the Witwatersrand and National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

Kubendran Naidoo

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, University of the Witwatersrand and National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

Theresa L. Coetzer

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, University of the Witwatersrand and National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PMD TLC. Performed the experiments: PMD KN. Analyzed the data: PMD KN TLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMD KN TLC. Wrote the paper: PMD KN TLC.