About the Authors

Minh H. Dinh

m-dinh@northwestern.edu

Affiliation Departments of Infectious Diseases and Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Taha Hirbod

Affiliation Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine Solna, Center for Molecular Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden

Godfrey Kigozi

Affiliation Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda

Eneniziaogochukwu A. Okocha

Affiliation Departments of Infectious Diseases and Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Gianguido C. Cianci

Affiliation Departments of Infectious Diseases and Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Xiangrong Kong

Affiliation School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala and Rakai, Uganda

Jessica L. Prodger

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kristina Broliden

Affiliation Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine Solna, Center for Molecular Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden

Rupert Kaul

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

David Serwadda

Affiliation School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala and Rakai, Uganda

Maria J. Wawer

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ronald H. Gray

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Thomas J. Hope

Affiliation Departments of Infectious Diseases and Cell and Molecular Biology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MD TH RG TJH. Performed the experiments: EO MD TH. Analyzed the data: MD TH XK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP RK GK DS GC MW RG. Wrote the paper: MD RK RG KB TJH XK.