About the Authors

Eric D. McCollum

ericdmccollum@gmail.com

Affiliation Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, Baylor College of Medicine, Lilongwe, Malawi

Geoffrey A. Preidis

Affiliation Interdepartmental Program in Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mark M. Kabue

Affiliation Baylor Children's Foundation-Malawi, Baylor College of Medicine, Lilongwe, Malawi

Emmanuel B. M. Singogo

Affiliation Baylor Children's Foundation-Malawi, Baylor College of Medicine, Lilongwe, Malawi

Charles Mwansambo

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi

Peter N. Kazembe

Affiliation Baylor Children's Foundation-Malawi, Baylor College of Medicine, Lilongwe, Malawi

Mark W. Kline

Affiliation Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EDM. Performed the experiments: EDM. Analyzed the data: EDM GAP MMK EBS. Wrote the paper: EDM GAP MMK EBS CM PNK MWK.