About the Authors

Ramzi A. Alsallaq

ramzi.alsallaq@gmail.com

Affiliation Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jared M. Baeten

Affiliations Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Connie L. Celum

Affiliations Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

James P. Hughes

Affiliation Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Laith J. Abu-Raddad

Affiliations Statistical Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Prevention, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar, Qatar Foundation - Education City, Doha, Qatar, Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Ruanne V. Barnabas

Affiliations Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Timothy B. Hallett

Affiliation School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RAA TBH. Performed the experiments: RAA. Analyzed the data: RAA TBH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMB CLC TBH. Wrote the paper: RAA JMB CLC JPH LJA RVB TBH.