About the Authors
- Christopher D. Pilcher
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* E-mail: cpilcher@php.ucsf.edu
Affiliation HIV/AIDS Division, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Brian Louie
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Affiliation Public Health Laboratory, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Shelley Facente
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Affiliations HIV/AIDS Division, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, HIV Prevention Section, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Sheila Keating
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Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- John Hackett Jr
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Affiliation Abbott Diagnostics, Abbott Park, Illinois, United States of America
- Ana Vallari
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Affiliation Abbott Diagnostics, Abbott Park, Illinois, United States of America
- Chris Hall
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Affiliation Magnet Community Health Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Teri Dowling
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Affiliation HIV Prevention Section, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Michael P. Busch
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Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Jeffrey D. Klausner
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Affiliations HIV/AIDS Division, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, STD Prevention and Control Services Section, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Frederick M. Hecht
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Affiliation HIV/AIDS Division, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Sally Liska
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Affiliation Public Health Laboratory, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Mark W. Pandori
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Affiliation Public Health Laboratory, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Drs. Hackett and Vallari are employed by Abbott Diagnostics, which markets the ARCHITECT HIV 1/2 test, one of the several HIV assays evaluated in this study. 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: CDP BL JDK. Performed the experiments: JDK FMH CDP BL MWP SL AV JH MPB SK TD CH. Analyzed the data: CDP SF BL MWP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH. Wrote the paper: CDP BL SF SK MWP JH AV CH TD MPB SL JDK FMH.