About the Authors

Maria M. James

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Lei Wang

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Philippa Musoke

Affiliations Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration (MU-JHU), Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, and Kampala, Uganda, Makerere University School of Medicine, Kampala, Uganda

Deborah Donnell

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jessica Fogel

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

William I. Towler

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Leila Khaki

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Clemensia Nakabiito

Affiliations Makerere University-Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration (MU-JHU), Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, and Kampala, Uganda, Makerere University School of Medicine, Kampala, Uganda

J. Brooks Jackson

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Susan H. Eshleman

seshlem@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

None of the authors have a commercial or other association that might pose a conflict of interest, with the following exception: Susan Eshleman and William Towler are co-inventors of the HRM assay and Johns Hopkins University has filed a patent application with the US-Patent and Trademark Office. The inventors may receive royalty payments if the patent is awarded and licensed.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJ WT SE. Performed the experiments: MJ JF WT LK. Analyzed the data: MJ LW LK DD SE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM CN JBJ. Wrote the paper: MJ LW DD SE PM. Primary investigators in the HIVNET 012 trial (integrated new data with existing data from the HIVNET 012 trial): PM CN JBJ.