About the Authors
- Martin W. G. Brinkhof
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Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Switzerland
- Andrew Boulle
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Ralf Weigel
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Affiliation Lighthouse Clinic, Lilongwe, Malawi
- Eugène Messou
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Affiliation Centre de Prise en Charge de Recherches et de Formation, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
- Colin Mathers
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Affiliation Information, Evidence and Research Cluster, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland
- Catherine Orrell
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Affiliation The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- François Dabis
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Affiliation Institut de Santé Publique, d'Epidémiologie et de Développement (ISPED), Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux, France
- Margaret Pascoe
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Affiliation Newlands Clinic, Harare, Zimbabwe
- Matthias Egger
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* E-mail: egger@ispm.unibe.ch
Affiliations Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Switzerland, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
- for the International epidemiological Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA)
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: MWGB AB RW EM CM CO FD MP ME. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: MWGB AB RW EM CM CO FD MP ME. Designed the experiments/the study: MWGB EM FD ME. Analyzed the data: MWGB CM. Collected data/did experiments for the study: AB RW EM CM CO MP. Enrolled patients: RW EM CO. Contributed to the writing of the paper: MWGB AB RW EM CO FD MP ME. Responsible for the data contributed by one of the participating cohorts (PI for the cohort study): AB. Contributed conceptually to multiple iterations of this analysis: AB. Responsible for the data contributed by participating cohorts: RW EM CO MP. Analyzed African mortality data to prepare the estimates and projections of the mortality levels in HIV-negative African population: CM.