About the Authors
- Anne Cori
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Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Helen Ayles
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Affiliations ZAMBART, University of Zambia, School of Medicine, Ridgeway Campus, Lusaka, Zambia, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Nulda Beyers
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Affiliation Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Ab Schaap
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Affiliations ZAMBART, University of Zambia, School of Medicine, Ridgeway Campus, Lusaka, Zambia, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Sian Floyd
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Kalpana Sabapathy
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Jeffrey W. Eaton
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Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Katharina Hauck
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Affiliation Business School, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom
- Peter Smith
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Affiliation Business School, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom
- Sam Griffith
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Affiliation FHI 360, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
- Ayana Moore
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Affiliation FHI 360, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
- Deborah Donnell
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Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Sten H. Vermund
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Affiliation Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health and Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Sarah Fidler
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Richard Hayes
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Christophe Fraser
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* E-mail: c.fraser@imperial.ac.uk
Affiliation MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- HPTN 071 (PopART) study team
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¶Membership of the HPTN 071 (PopART) study team is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
The authors declare that co-author Sten Vermund is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. 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: AC, HA, NB, AS, S. Floyd, KS, KH, PS, SG, AM, DD, SHV, S. Fidler, RH, CF. Performed the experiments: AC. Analyzed the data: AC CF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC JWE CF. Wrote the paper: AC JWE CF. Contributed to revising the manuscript and approved the final version: AC, HA, NB, AS, S. Floyd, KS, JWE, KH, PS, SG, AM, DD, SHV, S. Fidler, RH, CF.