About the Authors
- H. Irene Hall
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* E-mail: ixh1@cdc.gov
Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Jessica Halverson
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Affiliation Public Health Agency of Canada/Agence de la santé publique du Canada, Ontario, Canada
- David P. Wilson
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Affiliation Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Barbara Suligoi
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Affiliation Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
- Mercedes Diez
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Affiliation Secretaría del Plan Nacional sobre el Sida/Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, Madrid, Spain
- Stéphane Le Vu
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Affiliation Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Saint –Maurice, France
- Tian Tang
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Affiliation ICF Marcro International, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Ann McDonald
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Affiliation Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Laura Camoni
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Affiliation Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
- Caroline Semaille
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Affiliation Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Saint –Maurice, France
- Chris Archibald
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Affiliation Public Health Agency of Canada/Agence de la santé publique du Canada, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
TT is an employee of ICF Marcro International, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, who is under contract to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide scientific data analysis services. TT is a statistical data analyst and she analyzed the United States surveillance data for this paper. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HIH DPW BS MD CS CA. Analyzed the data: JH MD SLV TT AM LC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HIH JH DPW BS MD SLV TT AM LC CS CA. Wrote the manuscript: HIH JH DPW BS MD SLV. Oversight of country HIV surveillance: HIH JH DPW BS MD SLV AM CS CA. Interpreting the respective country specific data: HIH JH DPW BS MD SLV AM CS CA.