About the Authors
- Kathryn L. Hopkins
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* E-mail: hopkinsk@PHRU.co.za
Affiliation Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Fatima Laher
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Affiliation Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Kennedy Otwombe
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Affiliation Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Gavin Churchyard
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Affiliation Aurum Institute for Health Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Linda-Gail Bekker
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Affiliation Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Stephen DeRosa
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Affiliation HIV Vaccine Trials Network, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Maphoshane Nchabeleng
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Affiliation Medunsa HIV Clinical Research Unit, University of Limpopo, Pretoria, South Africa
- Koleka Mlisana
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Affiliation Centre for AIDS Programme for Research in South Africa & Department of Medical Microbiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
- James Kublin
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Affiliation HIV Vaccine Trials Network, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Glenda Gray
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Affiliation Perinatal HIV Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Competing Interests
The pharmaceutical company, Merck and Co Inc., sponsored the study products for the HVTN 503/Phambili clinical trial. There are no competing interests to declare, and these study products have not been marketed. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KH FL GG. Performed the experiments: GC LGB SD MN KM JK GG. Analyzed the data: KO SD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KO SD. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KH FL KO SD GG. Performed the literature search: KH. Interpretation of data: KH KO SD. Creating of figures and tables: KH KO. Wrote the paper: KH.