About the Authors

James H. McMahon

ja.mcmahon@alfred.org.au

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Infectious Diseases Unit, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Richard Moore

Affiliation Northside Clinic, Melbourne, Australia

Beng Eu

Affiliation Prahran Market Clinic, Melbourne, Australia

Ban-Kiem Tee

Affiliation Centre Clinic, Melbourne, Australia

Marcus Chen

Affiliations Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Carol El-Hayek

Affiliation Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Alan Street

Affiliation Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Ian Woolley

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Infectious Diseases Unit, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia

Andrew Buggie

Affiliation Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia

Danielle Collins

Affiliation Centre Clinic, Melbourne, Australia

Nicholas Medland

Affiliation Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia

Jennifer Hoy

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

for the Victorian Initiative for Patient Engagement and Retention (VIPER) study group

Membership of the Victorian Initiative for Patient Engagement and Retention (VIPER) study group can be found in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHM RM BE BKT MC AS IW JH. Performed the experiments: JHM RM BE BKT MC AB DC CEH JH. Analyzed the data: JHM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHM JH. Wrote the paper: JHM RM BE BKT MC AB DC CEH NM AS IW JH.