About the Authors
- Bruce Larson
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* E-mail: blarson@bu.edu
Affiliations Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of International Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Kathryn Schnippel
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Affiliation Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Buyiswa Ndibongo
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Affiliation Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Lawrence Long
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Affiliation Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Matthew P. Fox
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Affiliations Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Sydney Rosen
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Affiliations Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following potential conflict: The empirical analysis in this paper is based on the use of the PIMA Analyzer technology, which is available in South Africa through a company called Alere. Through interactions with the United States Agency for International Development in South Africa, Alere provided 4 Pima Analyzer units to the mobile program (called Access VCT) to use during their pilot program. Alere had no input into the manuscript the authors are submitting. Since Alere did provide the technologies to the mobile VCT program, and the authors used information on costs from the mobile program, the authors wanted to mention the situation here. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Analyzed the data: BL KS BN LL MF SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BL KS BN LL MF SR. Wrote the paper: BL KS BN LL MF SR.