About the Authors

Antonieta Medina Lara

Affiliation Health Economics Group, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, Exeter University, Exeter, United Kingdom

Jesse Kigozi

Affiliation Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda

Jovita Amurwon

Affiliation Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda

Lazarus Muchabaiwa

Affiliation University of Zimbabwe Clinical Research Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe

Barbara Nyanzi Wakaholi

Affiliation Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda

Ruben E. Mujica Mota

Affiliation Health Economics Group, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, Exeter University, Exeter, United Kingdom

A. Sarah Walker

Affiliation Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, London, United Kingdom

Ronnie Kasirye

Affiliation Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda

Francis Ssali

Affiliation Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda

Andrew Reid

Affiliation University of Zimbabwe Clinical Research Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe

Heiner Grosskurth

Affiliation Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda

Abdel G. Babiker

Affiliation Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, London, United Kingdom

Cissy Kityo

Affiliation Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda

Elly Katabira

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda

Paula Munderi

Affiliation Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda

Peter Mugyenyi

Affiliation Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda

James Hakim

Affiliation University of Zimbabwe Clinical Research Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe

Janet Darbyshire

Affiliation Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, London, United Kingdom

Diana M. Gibb

Affiliation Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, London, United Kingdom

Charles F. Gilks

gilksc@unaids.org

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

on behalf of the DART Trial Team

Competing Interests

GlaxoSmithKline, Gilead Sciences, Boehringer-Ingelheim and Abbott Laboratories donated drugs for DART. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CFG P. Mugyenyi JH AR JD DMG AGB AML ASW P. Munderi. Performed the experiments: P. Mugyenyi HG EK CK P. Munderi RK FS JH AR DMG CFG AGB ASW AML REMM JK JA LM BNW. Analyzed the data: AML REMM. Wrote the paper: AML CFG ASW DMG JK JA LM REMM BNW RK FS AR HG AGB CK EK P. Munderi P. Mugyenyi JH JD.