About the Authors

Fasil Tekola Ayele

ayeleft@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Elena Hailu

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Chris Finan

Affiliation Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, United Kingdom

Abraham Aseffa

Affiliation Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Gail Davey

Affiliation Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, United Kingdom

Melanie J. Newport

Affiliation Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, United Kingdom

Charles N. Rotimi

Affiliation Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Adebowale Adeyemo

Affiliation Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FTA A. Adeyemo GD A. Aseffa CNR MJN. Performed the experiments: EH CF FTA MJN. Analyzed the data: FTA. Wrote the paper: FTA. Reviewed the manuscript for substantial intellectual content: A. Adeyemo GD CNR MJN A. Aseffa EH CF. Approved the version to be published: FTA EH CF A. Aseffa A. Adeyemo GD MJN CNR.