About the Authors

Agustín Ciapponi

aciapponi@iecs.org.ar

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ariel Bardach

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Demián Glujovsky

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Luz Gibbons

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Buenos Aires, Argentina

María Alejandra Picconi

Affiliation Oncogenic Viruses Service, National Reference Laboratory of HPV, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, ANLIS, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: The study was supported by an independent grant from GlaxoSmithKline and the Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy - IECS. The authors have declared that no other competing interests exist. 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: AC AB DG MAP. Performed the experiments: AC AB DG MAP. Analyzed the data: AC AB DG LG MAP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC AB DG LG MAP. Wrote the paper: AC AB DG MAP.