About the Authors

Janet M. Turan

jmturan@uab.edu

Affiliations Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Rachel L. Steinfeld

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Maricianah Onono

Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Elizabeth A. Bukusi

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Meghan Woods

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Starley B. Shade

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Sierra Washington

Affiliation Department of OBGYN and Women’s Health, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Reson Marima

Affiliation Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

Jeremy Penner

Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Marta L. Ackers

Affiliation Center for Global Health, Division of Global HIV/AIDS, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Craig R. Cohen

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMT CRC EB SW SS MA RM JP DM. Performed the experiments: MO RS MW. Analyzed the data: JMT SS. Wrote the paper: JMT MO RS MW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JMT RS MW MO CRC EB SW SS MA RM JP DM.