About the Authors

Julius Atashili

atashili@yahoo.ie

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

Jennifer S. Smith

Affiliation Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Adaora A. Adimora

Affiliation Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Joseph Eron

Affiliation Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

William C. Miller

Affiliation Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Evan Myers

Affiliation Duke Medical School, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

JA has previously received honoraria from GSK and research supplies from Digene. JSS has received research grants, honoraria, or consulting fees during the last three years from GSK, Digene and GenProbe. ERM has received research funding and done consulting for Merck & Co.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JA JSS AAA JE WCM EM. Analyzed the data: JA EM. Wrote the paper: JA JSS AAA JE WCM EM.