About the Authors
- Natasha Gous
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* E-mail: natasha.gous@gmail.com
Affiliations Department of Haematology and Molecular Medicine, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, National Priority Program of the National Health Laboratory Services, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Lesley Scott
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Affiliation Department of Haematology and Molecular Medicine, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Leigh Berrie
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Affiliation National Priority Program of the National Health Laboratory Services, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Wendy Stevens
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Affiliations Department of Haematology and Molecular Medicine, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, National Priority Program of the National Health Laboratory Services, Johannesburg, South Africa
Competing Interests
The authors declare that no competing interests exist. Cepheid provided the technical support and Xpert HIV-1 VL testing kits for the study but was not involved in study design, data collection, analysis, or manuscript preparation. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: WS. Formal analysis: NG LS. Funding acquisition: WS. Investigation: NG. Methodology: NG LS. Project administration: LB WS. Resources: LB WS. Supervision: LS WS. Validation: NG. Visualization: NG LS. Writing – original draft: NG LS. Writing – review & editing: NG LS LB WS.