About the Authors

Janet M. Turan

jmturan@uab.edu

Affiliation Department of Health Care Organization and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Abigail H. Hatcher

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

José Medema-Wijnveen

Affiliation University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Maricianah Onono

Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Suellen Miller

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Bukusi

Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Bulent Turan

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Craig R. Cohen

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMT SM EAB CRC. Performed the experiments: MO. Analyzed the data: JMT AHH JMW BT. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: JMT. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JMT AHH JMW MO SM EAB BT CRC. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: JMT AHH JMW MO SM EAB BT CRC. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: JMT AHH JMW MO SM EAB BT CRC.