About the Authors

Sujatha Srinivasan

dfredric@fhcrc.org (DNF); ssriniva@fhcrc.org (SS)

Affiliation Vaccine & Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Noah G. Hoffman

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Martin T. Morgan

Affiliation Public Health Science Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Frederick A. Matsen

Affiliation Public Health Science Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Tina L. Fiedler

Affiliation Vaccine & Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Robert W. Hall

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Frederick J. Ross

Affiliation Public Health Science Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Connor O. McCoy

Affiliation Public Health Science Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Roger Bumgarner

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jeanne M. Marrazzo

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

David N. Fredricks

dfredric@fhcrc.org (DNF); ssriniva@fhcrc.org (SS)

Affiliations Vaccine & Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

D. N. Fredricks and T. L. Fiedler have developed intellectual property related to the use of PCR for the diagnosis of BV. Refer to US patent 7625704 on use of PCR for diagnosis of BV. No products to report. David Fredricks is a PLoS ONE editorial board member. 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: SS JMM DNF. Performed the experiments: TLF RWH. Analyzed the data: SS NGH MTM FAM FJR COM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NGH MTM FAM RB DNF. Wrote the paper: SS NGH MTM FAM JMM DNF.