About the Authors

Valerie Cortez

Affiliations Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Katherine Odem-Davis

Affiliation Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

R. Scott McClelland

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Walter Jaoko

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Julie Overbaugh

joverbau@fhcrc.org

Affiliation Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JO RSM. Performed the experiments: VC. Analyzed the data: VC KO-D. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WJ. Wrote the paper: VC RSM JO. Provided comments on the manuscript: KO-D WJ. Oversaw the laboratory aspects of this study related to the cohort: WJ. Oversaw clinical aspects of the cohort, including directing clinical monitoring and follow-up: RSM. Oversaw all aspects of this research project: JO.