About the Authors

Maria H. Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria H. Kim, Saeed Ahmed

mhkim@bcm.edu

Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative at Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Saeed Ahmed

Contributed equally to this work with: Maria H. Kim, Saeed Ahmed

Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative at Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Geoffrey A. Preidis

Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative at Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Elaine J. Abrams

Affiliation International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York New York, United States of America

Mina C. Hosseinipour

Affiliations University of North Carolina Project, Lilongwe, Malawi, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Thomas P. Giordano

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Elizabeth Y. Chiao

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mary E. Paul

Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative at Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Avni Bhalakia

Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative at Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Debora Nanthuru

Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine-Abbott Fund Children’s Clinical Center of Excellence, Lilongwe, Malawi

Peter N. Kazembe

Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine-Abbott Fund Children’s Clinical Center of Excellence, Lilongwe, Malawi

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MHK SA. Performed the experiments: MHK SA AB DN PNK. Analyzed the data: MHK SA GAP. Wrote the paper: MHK SA GAP EJA MCH TPG EYC MEP AB DN PNK.