About the Authors

Krishna Jafa

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kjafa@cdc.gov

Affiliations Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Epidemiology Program Office, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Pragna Patel

Affiliation Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Duncan A. MacKellar

Affiliation Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Patrick S. Sullivan

Affiliation Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kevin P. Delaney

Affiliation Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Tracy L. Sides

Current address: Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Affiliation Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division, Minnesota Department of Health, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Alexandra P. Newman

Affiliations Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Epidemiology Program Office, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sindy M. Paul

Affiliation New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Division of HIV/AIDS Services, Trenton, New Jersey, United States of America

Evan M. Cadoff

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Eugene G. Martin

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Patrick A. Keenan

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Bernard M. Branson

Affiliation Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

for the OraQuick Study Group

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KJ BB PP DM PS KD TS SP EC EM PK SS DP PC KK JV. Performed the experiments: KJ BB PP DM PS KD TS AN EC EM AD DP MH. Analyzed the data: KJ PP DM PS KD JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PK. Wrote the paper: KJ BB PP DM PS KD TS AN SP EC EM PK SS JW AD DP MH PC KK JV. Other: Lead investigator and coordinated all study sites: KJ.