About the Authors
- Deborah Watson-Jones
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* E-mail: Deborah.Watson-Jones@lshtm.ac.uk
Affiliations London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania
- Keith Tomlin
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Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Pieter Remes
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Affiliations Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania, Medical Research Council Social & Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Kathy Baisley
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Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Riziki Ponsiano
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Affiliation Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania
- Selephina Soteli
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Affiliation Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania
- Silvia de Sanjosé
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Affiliations Unit of Infections and Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Research Programme, l'Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, Institut Català d'Oncologia, Barcelona, Spain, CIBER Epidemiologia, y Salud Publica, Barcelona, Spain
- John Changalucha
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Affiliation The National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania
- Saidi Kapiga
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Affiliations London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania
- Richard J. Hayes
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Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Deborah Watson-Jones has received grant support through the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine from GSK Biologicals for a phase IIIb safety and immunogenicity trial of the bivalent HPV vaccine. Deborah Watson-Jones and John Changalucha received a donation of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine from Axios through Healthcare Development‚s GARDASIL® Access Program for the study presented in this manuscript.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DWJ RH JC. Performed the experiments: DWJ RP PR SS. Analyzed the data: KT KB. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: DWJ. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KT KB JC PR SS SdS SK RH. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: DWJ KT KB JC PR SS SdS SK RH. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: DWJ KT KB JC PR SS SdS SK RH. Enrolled patients: DWJ PR RP.