About the Authors
- Zehava Grossman
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* E-mail: zehava.grossman@gmail.com
Affiliation Public Health School, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
- Jonathan M. Schapiro
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Affiliation Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
- Itzchak Levy
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Affiliation Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
- Daniel Elbirt
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Affiliation Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
- Michal Chowers
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Affiliation Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel
- Klaris Riesenberg
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Affiliation Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
- Karen Olstein-Pops
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Affiliation Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
- Eduardo Shahar
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Affiliation Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
- Valery Istomin
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Affiliation Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
- Ilan Asher
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Affiliation Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
- Bat-Sheva Gottessman
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Affiliation Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel
- Yonat Shemer
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Affiliation Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
- Hila Elinav
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Affiliation Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
- Gamal Hassoun
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Affiliation Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
- Shira Rosenberg
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Affiliation Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
- Diana Averbuch
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Affiliation Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
- Keren Machleb-Guri
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Affiliation Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
- Zipi Kra-Oz
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Affiliation Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
- Sara Radian-Sade
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Affiliation Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
- Hagit Rudich
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Affiliation National HIV Reference Lab, PHL, MOH, Ramat Gan, Israel
- Daniela Ram
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Affiliation National HIV Reference Lab, PHL, MOH, Ramat Gan, Israel
- Shlomo Maayan
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Affiliation Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
- Nancy Agmon-Levin
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Current address: The Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Affiliation Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
- Zev Sthoeger
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Affiliation Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
Competing Interests
JMS has received research support, honorarium or consulting fees from the following: Abbott, BMS, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Pfizer, Roche, Tibotec-Janssen, Teva and ViiV Healthcare. He has received travel support and stipends for advisory work for the World Health Organization. IL is a consultant for Jansen, GlaxoSmithKline, MSD, and BioTIS; provided expert testimony for Viif; has been a member of the speakers' bureau for Janssen, GlaxoSmithKline, MSD, and BioTIS; and has received expense reimbursement for travel/meetings from Jansen, GlaxoSmithKline, MSD, and BioTIS. DE has received expense reimbursement for travel/meetings from Abbott, BMS, GlaxoSmithKline and Tibotec-Janssen. All the other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. 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: ZG JMS IL ZS. Analyzed the data: ZG IL JMS ZS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMS IL DE MC KR KOP ES VI IA BSG HE GH SR DA KMG SM NAL ZS. Wrote the paper: ZG. Wrote the first drafts: ZG JMS IL MC NAL ZS. Provided virological laboratory analysis: ZG YS ZKO SRS HR DR.