About the Authors

Robert S. Remis

rs.remis@utoronto.ca

Affiliation Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Maraki Fikre Merid

Affiliation Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Robert W. H. Palmer

Affiliation Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Elaine Whittingham

Affiliation Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Susan M. King

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Natasha S. Danson

Affiliation Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Lee Vernich

Affiliation Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Carol Swantee

Affiliation HIV Laboratory, Public Health Ontario, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada

Carol Major

Affiliation HIV Laboratory, Public Health Ontario, Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSR RWHP SMK CM. Performed the experiments: RSR MFM EW CS CM. Analyzed the data: RSR RWHP MFM EW LV. Wrote the paper: RSR RWHP NSD CM. Coordinated the implementation of the study: MFM EW LV. Carried out a literature review and helped to prepare an earlier version of the manuscript: NSD. Supervised the laboratory aspects of the routine and unlinked HIV testing: CS CM.