About the Authors

Vladimir Novitsky

Affiliations Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Botswana–Harvard AIDS Institute, Gaborone, Botswana

Rui Wang

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lauren Margolin

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jeannie Baca

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Raabya Rossenkhan

Affiliation Botswana–Harvard AIDS Institute, Gaborone, Botswana

Sikhulile Moyo

Affiliation Botswana–Harvard AIDS Institute, Gaborone, Botswana

Erik van Widenfelt

Affiliation Botswana–Harvard AIDS Institute, Gaborone, Botswana

M. Essex

messex@hsph.harvard.edu

Affiliations Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Botswana–Harvard AIDS Institute, Gaborone, Botswana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VN ME. Performed the experiments: LM JB RR. Analyzed the data: VN RW. Wrote the paper: VN RW ME. Provided laboratory and data management support: SM EvW.