About the Authors

Lawrence Mbuagbaw

mbuagblc@mcmaster.ca

Affiliations Centre for the Development of Best Practices in Health (CDBPH), Yaoundé Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Centre, Cameroon, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Lehana Thabane

Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Biostatistics Unit, Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, St Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Pierre Ongolo-Zogo

Affiliation Centre for the Development of Best Practices in Health (CDBPH), Yaoundé Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Centre, Cameroon

Richard T. Lester

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Edward J. Mills

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Marek Smieja

Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Lisa Dolovich

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, McMaster Innovation Park, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Charles Kouanfack

Affiliation Accredited Treatment Centre, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Centre, Cameroon

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LM LT RTL POZ EJM. Performed the experiments: LM LT CK POZ. Analyzed the data: LM LT LD MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LM LT. Wrote the paper: LM LT POZ MS RTL EJM LD MS.