About the Authors

Didier K. Ekouevi

didier.ekouevi@gmail.com

Affiliations Programme PAC-CI, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, France, Institute National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France

Elizabeth Stringer

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

David Coetzee

Affiliation University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Pius Tih

Affiliation Cameroon Baptist Health Convention Health Board, Bamenda, Cameroon

Tracy Creek

Affiliation United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Kathryn Stinson

Affiliation University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Andrew O. Westfall

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Thomas Welty

Affiliations Programme PAC-CI, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, France, Institute National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France

Namwinga Chintu

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Benjamin H. Chi

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Cathy Wilfert

Affiliation Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Nathan Shaffer

Affiliation World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Jeff Stringer

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

Francois Dabis

Affiliation Institute National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: AOW. Wrote the paper: DKE ES TC AOW. Designed the study: DKE ES NC DC PT TC TW BHC CW NS JS FD. Collected the data: DKE PT KS NC. Interpreted the data: DKE ES NC BHC TC JS FD. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DC PT KS TW NC BHC CW NS JS FD. Agreed with the manuscript's results and conclusions: DKE ES DC PT KS TC AOW TW NC BHC CW NS JS FD.