About the Authors
- Janet M. McNicholl
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Contributed equally to this work with: Janet M. McNicholl, J. Steven McDougal
* E-mail: jkm7@cdc.gov
Affiliations Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, The Thailand Ministry of Public Health - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand
- J. Steven McDougal
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Contributed equally to this work with: Janet M. McNicholl, J. Steven McDougal
Affiliation Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Punneeporn Wasinrapee
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Affiliation The Thailand Ministry of Public Health - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand
- Bernard M. Branson
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Affiliation Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Michael Martin
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Affiliations Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, The Thailand Ministry of Public Health - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand
- Jordan W. Tappero
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Affiliations Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, The Thailand Ministry of Public Health - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand
- Philip A. Mock
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Affiliation The Thailand Ministry of Public Health - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand
- Timothy A. Green
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Affiliation Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Dale J. Hu
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Affiliation Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Bharat Parekh
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Affiliation Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- for the Thai-U.S. BED Assay Validation Working Group
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¶Membership of the Thai-U.S. BED Assay Validation Working Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
CDC receives royalties in relation to the BED assay. These are distributed, in part, to the Laboratory Branches where JSM and BSP work. 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: JSM PW JWT DH BP. Performed the experiments: JSM JMM PW. Analyzed the data: JSM JMM PAM TAG BP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSM JMM PW BB MTM BP. Wrote the paper: JSM JMM PW BB MTM JWT PAM TAG DH BP.