About the Authors
- Godfrey Kigozi
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Affiliation Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
- Ronald H Gray
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rgray@jhsph.edu
Affiliation Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Maria J Wawer
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Affiliation Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- David Serwadda
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Affiliation School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Frederick Makumbi
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Affiliation School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Stephen Watya
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Urology Unit, Mulago Hospital, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Fred Nalugoda
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Affiliation Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
- Noah Kiwanuka
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Affiliation Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
- Lawrence H Moulton
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Affiliation Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Michael Z Chen
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Affiliation Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Nelson K Sewankambo
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Fred Wabwire-Mangen
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Affiliation School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Melanie C Bacon
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Affiliation National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Renee Ridzon
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Affiliation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Pius Opendi
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Affiliation Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
- Victor Sempijja
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Affiliation Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
- Absolom Settuba
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Affiliation Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
- Denis Buwembo
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Affiliation Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
- Valerian Kiggundu
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Affiliation Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
- Margaret Anyokorit
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Affiliation Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
- James Nkale
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Affiliation Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
- Nehemia Kighoma
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Affiliation Rakai Health Sciences Program, Entebbe, Uganda
- Blake Charvat
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Affiliation Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
RH Gray, MJ Wawer, D Serwadda, N Kiwanuka, NK Sewankambo, F Wabwire-Mangen, and N Kighoma designed the experiments/the study. D Serwadda, S Watya, N Kiwanuka, MZ Chen, NK Sewankambo, P Opendi, D Buwembo, A Settuba, V Kiggundu, J Nkale, and N Kighoma collected data or did experiments for the study. G Kigozi, RH Gray, MJ Wawer, D Serwadda, F Makumbi, N Kiwanuka, LH Moulton, MZ Chen, A Settuba, and B Charvat analyzed the data. D Serwadda, N Kiwanuka, NK Sewankambo, P Opendi, D Buwembo, V Kiggundu, J Nkale, and N Kighoma enrolled patients. G Kigozi and RH Gray wrote the first draft of the paper. G Kigozi, RH Gray, MJ Wawer, D Serwadda, S Watya, F Nalugoda, N Kiwanuka, LH Moulton, F Wabwire-Mangen, MC Bacon, P Opendi, V Sempijja, D Buwembo, R Ridzon, M Anyokorit, and B Charvat contributed to writing the paper.