About the Authors
- Marla J. Keller
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Pedro M. M. Mesquita
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- N. Merna Torres
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Sylvia Cho
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Gail Shust
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Rebecca P. Madan
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Hillel W. Cohen
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Julie Petrie
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Tara Ford
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Lydia Soto-Torres
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Affiliation Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Albert T. Profy
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Affiliation Endo Pharmaceuticals, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Betsy C. Herold
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* E-mail: betsy.herold@einstein.yu.edu
Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of and Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
Al Profy is a full-time employee of Endo Pharmaceuticals, formerly Indevus Pharmaceuticals, the developers of PRO 2000 gel. This does not alter in any way the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors. No other authors have any competing interests to disclose.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MJK PMMM LST AP BCH. Performed the experiments: PMMM MT SC GS RM JP TF. Analyzed the data: MJK PMMM MT SC GS RM HC BCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM AP. Wrote the paper: MJK HC BCH.