About the Authors
- Francois van Loggerenberg
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: loggerenbergf@ukzn.ac.za
Affiliation Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
- Koleka Mlisana
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Affiliation Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
- Carolyn Williamson
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Affiliations Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Institute for of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Sara C. Auld
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Affiliations Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Lynn Morris
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Affiliations Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Clive M. Gray
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Affiliations Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Quarraisha Abdool Karim
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Affiliations Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Anneke Grobler
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Affiliation Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
- Nomampondo Barnabas
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Affiliation Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
- Itua Iriogbe
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Affiliation Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
- Salim S. Abdool Karim
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Affiliations Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
- for the CAPRISA 002 Acute Infection Study Team
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LM CW CG SAK KM Fv QA. Performed the experiments: LM CW CG KM Fv II. Analyzed the data: AG. Wrote the paper: LM CW CG SAK KM Fv SA AG NB QA. Other: Conceptualized the paper and drove the paper writing and revision process: Fv. Study coordinator and behavioural co-investigator on the Acute Infection Study: Fv. Protocol co-Chair and clinical co-investigator: KM. Assisted in the conceptualization of the paper: AG KM. Commented on succeeding drafts of the paper: AG NB KM II CW LM CG SAK QA. Protocol co-Chair and virology co-investigator: CW. A Research fellow at CAPRISA: SA. Prepared the initial drafts of the paper, conducted the literature review, and assisted with subsequent redrafting of the paper: SA. An immunology co-investigator on the study: LM CG. Head of the laboratory core: LM. The study epidemiologist and a co-investigator: QA SAK. The study statistician: AG. Conducted the statistical analyses and produced the graphs for the paper: AG. The study community liaison officer and co-investigator: NB. Contributed the sections dealing with community: NB. The study clinician: II. Collected the clinical data for the study: II.