About the Authors

Raabya Rossenkhan

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana, Botswana–Harvard AIDS Institute, Gaborone, Botswana, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Vladimir Novitsky

Affiliations Botswana–Harvard AIDS Institute, Gaborone, Botswana, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Theresa K. Sebunya

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

Rosemary Musonda

Affiliations Botswana–Harvard AIDS Institute, Gaborone, Botswana, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Berhanu A. Gashe

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

M. Essex

messex@hsph.harvard.edu

Affiliations Botswana–Harvard AIDS Institute, Gaborone, Botswana, Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RR VN TKS RM BAG ME. Performed the experiments: RR. Analyzed the data: RR VN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VN TKS ME. Wrote the paper: RR VN TKS RM BAG ME.