About the Authors

Jonathan C. Samuel

jsamuel@unch.unc.edu

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Edward Sankhulani

Affiliation National Road Safety Council, Lilongwe, Malawi

Javeria S. Qureshi

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Paul Baloyi

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

Charles Thupi

Affiliation National Road Safety Council, Lilongwe, Malawi

Clara N. Lee

Affiliation Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

William C. Miller

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Bruce A. Cairns

Affiliations Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Anthony G. Charles

Affiliation Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCS. Performed the experiments: JCS ES JSQ PB CT. Analyzed the data: JCS PB. Wrote the paper: JCS CNL WCM BAC AGC.