About the Authors

Brett N. Archer

Affiliation National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Stefano Tempia

Affiliation United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Attaché to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Laura F. White

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Marcello Pagano

Affiliation School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Cheryl Cohen

cherylc@nicd.ac.za

Affiliations National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BA ST LFW MP CC. Performed the experiments: BA ST LW. Analyzed the data: BA ST LW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BA ST LFW MP CC. Wrote the paper: BA ST LFW MP CC.