About the Authors
- Alison C. Roxby
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* E-mail: aroxby@uw.edu
Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Claire Atkinson
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Affiliation Centre for Virology, Department of Infection, School of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Carey Farquhar
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- James N. Kiarie
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
- Alison L. Drake
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Affiliation Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Anna Wald
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Division of Vaccine and Infectious Disease, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Michael Boeckh
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Division of Vaccine and Infectious Disease, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Barbra Richardson
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Affiliations Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Division of Vaccine and Infectious Disease, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Vincent Emery
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Affiliation Department of Microbial and Cellular Science, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
- Grace John-Stewart
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Jennifer A. Slyker
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Affiliation Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Competing Interests
Please note that GlaxoSmithKline donated valacyclovir and matched placebo to the study. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JAS CF AW MB VE GJS ALD CA KA. Performed the experiments: CA KA JAS MB VE. Analyzed the data: JAS ALD BAR GJS CF. Wrote the paper: AR JAS GJS CF JK AW KA CA VE BR MB ALD. Conducted the clinical trial: AR AD CF JK.