About the Authors

Ali M. Elbireer

aelbireer@idi.co.ug

Affiliations Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University Clinical Core Laboratory at Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala Uganda, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

J. Brooks Jackson

Affiliations Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University Clinical Core Laboratory at Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala Uganda, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Hakim Sendagire

Affiliations Central Public Health Laboratory/Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda, Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Alex Opio

Affiliation Central Public Health Laboratory/Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

Danstan Bagenda

Affiliations Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University Clinical Core Laboratory at Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala Uganda, Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Timothy K. Amukele

Affiliations Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University Clinical Core Laboratory at Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala Uganda, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AE TA. Performed the experiments: AE HS. Analyzed the data: AE DB TA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AE DB TA HS AO. Wrote the paper: AE JBJ DB HS AO TA.