About the Authors

Gilles Wandeler

gwandeler@ispm.unibe.ch

Affiliations Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Olivia Keiser

Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Bernard Hirschel

Affiliation University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Huldrych F. Günthard

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Enos Bernasconi

Affiliation Regional Hospital, Lugano, Switzerland

Manuel Battegay

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Olivier Clerc

Affiliation University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Pietro L. Vernazza

Affiliation Cantonal Hospital, St.Gallen, Switzerland

Hansjakob Furrer

Affiliation Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

the Swiss HIV Cohort Study

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GW HF. Performed the experiments: GW HF. Analyzed the data: GW HF OK. Wrote the paper: GW OK BH HFG EB MB OC PLV HF.