About the Authors

Reza Yaesoubi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

reza.yaesoubi@yale.edu

Affiliation Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Ted Cohen

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Katherine Hsu

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Thomas L. Gift

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sancta B. St. Cyr

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Joshua A. Salomon

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Yonatan H. Grad

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: RY, TC, JAS, and YHG received funding from the National Institute of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. TLG and SBS are employed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. YHG has received research funding from Pfizer and Merck for unrelated work and has received consulting fees from GSK.