About the Authors
- Kristin A. Swedish
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Stephen E. Goldstone
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* E-mail: goldstone.stephen@gmail.com
Affiliation Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts. Dr. Swedish has no conflict of interest to report. Dr. Goldstone declares the following potential conflicts of interest: He is an investigator on the qHPV trial for Merck and Co. He has served as chairman of the scientific advisory board for qHPV and remains on the advisory board for the vaccine. He speaks on behalf of Merck and Co. for qHPV. He currently is an investigator on the nanovalent HPV vaccine for Merck and Co. His relationship with Merck and Co. does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KAS SEG. Performed the experiments: KAS. Analyzed the data: KAS SEG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAS. Wrote the paper: KAS SEG.