About the Authors
- Martin Cranage
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mcranage@sgul.ac.uk
Affiliation Centre for Infection, Division of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Sally Sharpe
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Affiliation Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
- Carolina Herrera
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Affiliation Centre for Infection, Division of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Alethea Cope
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Affiliation Centre for Infection, Division of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Mike Dennis
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Affiliation Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, United Kingdom
- Neil Berry
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Affiliation Division of Retrovirology, National Institute for Biological Standards & Control, South Mimms, United Kingdom
- Claire Ham
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Affiliation Division of Retrovirology, National Institute for Biological Standards & Control, South Mimms, United Kingdom
- Jonathan Heeney
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Affiliations Department of Virology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, The Netherlands , Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Naser Rezk
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Affiliation University of North Carolina Centers for Aids Research (CFAR) Clinical Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Core, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Angela Kashuba
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Affiliation University of North Carolina Centers for Aids Research (CFAR) Clinical Pharmacology and Analytical Chemistry Core, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Peter Anton
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Affiliation Center for Prevention Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Ian McGowan
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¤ Current address: Magee Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Affiliation Center for Prevention Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Robin Shattock
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Affiliation Centre for Infection, Division of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, St George's University of London, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
Author Contributions
MC, SS, and RS designed the experiments; SS and MD were responsible for the in vivo work; C. Herrera performed the explant experiments; AC performed the ELISpot experiments; NB, C. Ham, and JH performed the quantitative PCR analyses; NR and AK were responsible for the assay of tenofovir; PA coordinated the overall Microbicide Development Programme; IMcG had oversight of the preclinical testing project; and MC wrote the manuscript.