About the Authors
- Fiona P. Havers
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* E-mail: fhavers@cdc.gov (FH); agupta25@jhmi.edu (AG)
Affiliations Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Barbara Detrick
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Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Sandra W. Cardoso
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Affiliation Evandro Chagas Clinical Research Institute (IPEC), FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Sima Berendes
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Affiliations College of Medicine-Johns Hopkins University Research Project, Blantyre, Malawi, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Javier R. Lama
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Affiliation Asociacion Civil Impacta Salud y Educacion, Lima, Peru
- Patcharaphan Sugandhavesa
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Affiliation Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Noluthando H. Mwelase
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Affiliation University of Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Thomas B. Campbell
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Affiliation University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America
- Amita Gupta
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* E-mail: fhavers@cdc.gov (FH); agupta25@jhmi.edu (AG)
Affiliations Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- for the ACTG A5175 PEARLS and NWCS319 Study Teams
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¶Membership of the ACTG A5175 PEARLS study and NWCS 319 Study Teams is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: This research was supported in part by Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, and GlaxoSmithKline. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Analyzed the data: FH AG. Wrote the paper: FH AG. Reviewed the manuscript: BD SWC SB JL PS NM JH TC. Laboratory analysis: BD. Study Design: FH TC AG. Cohort Maintenance: SWC SB JL PS NM JH TC. Data Collection: SWC SB JL PS NM JH. Obtained Funding: AG.