About the Authors

Fatma M. Shebl

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sheila C. Dollard

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ruth M. Pfeiffer

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Benon Biryahwaho

Affiliation Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda

Minal M. Amin

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Stella S. Munuo

Affiliation Information Management Services, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Wolfgang Hladik

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Entebbe, Uganda

Ruth Parsons

Affiliation Information Management Services, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Barry I. Graubard

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sam M. Mbulaiteye

mbulaits@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

Two authors are employess of Information Management Services, which holds a support services contract from the National Cancer Institute. Their work on the study was in relation to the tasks performed under the support services contract and it does not represent direct funding of that company for the work done by them on this study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMM BB SCD. Performed the experiments: SCD BB MMA. Analyzed the data: FMS SMM SSM RP RMP BIG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCD MMA BB. Wrote the paper: FMS SCD RMP MMA BB BIG WH SMM SSM RP.