About the Authors

Timothy B. Hallett

timothy.hallett@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Jared M. Baeten

Affiliations Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America

Renee Heffron

Affiliations Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America

Ruanne Barnabas

Affiliations Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America

Guy de Bruyn

Affiliation Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Íde Cremin

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Sinead Delany

Affiliation Reproductive Health Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Geoffrey P. Garnett

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Glenda Gray

Affiliation Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Leigh Johnson

Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

James McIntyre

Affiliation Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Helen Rees

Affiliation Reproductive Health Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Connie Celum

Affiliations Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America

Competing Interests

TBH has received consultancy fees from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for work not directly related to the present work. GPG has in the past been a consultant in the field of Human Papilloma Virus research to Glaxo SmithKline and Merck, and has been a consultant in the field of stem cell transplantation to ViroPharma, but has no conflicts of interest in the HIV field. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TBH JB RH CC. Performed the experiments: TBH. Analyzed the data: TBH RH JB CC. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: TBH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: TBH JB RH RB GB IC SD GPG GG LJ JM HR CC. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: TBH JB RH RB GB IC SD GPG GG LJ JM HR CC. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: TBH JB RH RB GB IC SD GPG GG LJ JM HR CC.