About the Authors

Kamija S. Phiri

kamijaphiri@gmail.com

Affiliation Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi

Job C. J. Calis

Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, Emma Children's Hospital AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Brian Faragher

Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Ernest Nkhoma

Affiliation Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi

Kondwani Ng'oma

Affiliation Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi

Bridget Mangochi

Affiliation Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi

Malcolm E. Molyneux

Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Michaël Boele van Hensbroek

Affiliations Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi, Emma Children's Hospital AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KSP JCJC MEM MBvH. Performed the experiments: KSP JCJC EN KN BM MBvH. Analyzed the data: KSP JCJC BF EN KN BM MBvH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KSP JCJC BF MEM MBvH. Wrote the paper: KSP JCJC BF MEM MBvH. Enrolled patients: KSP.