About the Authors

Andrea Hauser

Affiliations Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Project HIV Variability and Molecular Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Kizito Mugenyi

Affiliation Ministry of Health/German Technical Cooperation - PMTCT Project Western Uganda, Fort Portal, Uganda

Rose Kabasinguzi

Affiliation Ministry of Health/German Technical Cooperation - PMTCT Project Western Uganda, Fort Portal, Uganda

Claudia Kuecherer

Affiliation Project HIV Variability and Molecular Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Gundel Harms

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Andrea Kunz

andrea-ursula.kunz@charite.de

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH CK GH AK. Performed the experiments: AH. Analyzed the data: AH AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KM RK CK GH. Wrote the paper: AH CK GH AK. Performed the field study in Uganda: KM RK GH AK.