About the Authors
- Freddie M. Kibengo
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Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC)/Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda
- Eugene Ruzagira
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Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC)/Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda
- David Katende
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Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC)/Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda
- Agnes N. Bwanika
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Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC)/Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda
- Ubaldo Bahemuka
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Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC)/Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda
- Jessica E. Haberer
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Affiliation Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- David R. Bangsberg
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Affiliation Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Burc Barin
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Affiliation The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- James F. Rooney
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Affiliation Gilead, Foster City, California, United States of America
- David Mark
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Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Nairobi, Kenya
- Paramesh Chetty
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Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Patricia Fast
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Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York, New York, United States of America
- Anatoli Kamali
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Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC)/Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda
- Frances H. Priddy
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*E-mail: fpriddy@iavi.org
Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
Gilead Sciences provided the study drug and placebo tablets at no cost. Co-author James Rooney is employed by Gilead Sciences. Gilead Sciences developed and is marketing the study drug, Truvada, for treatment of HIV infection. Co-author Burc Barin is employed by the EMMES Corporation, and does not have any relevant declarations relating to consultancy, patents, products in development or marketed products. 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: AK JEH DRB BB PF FHP DM. Performed the experiments: FMK ER DK UB ANB PC. Analyzed the data: BB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM JFR. Wrote the manuscript: FMK ER DK ANB UB AK JEH DRB BB JFR PF FHP. N/A.