About the Authors
- Timothy B. Hallett
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* E-mail: timothy.hallett@imperial.ac.uk
Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- Jared M. Baeten
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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
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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
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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
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Affiliation Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Íde Cremin
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- Sinead Delany
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Affiliation Reproductive Health Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Geoffrey P. Garnett
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- Glenda Gray
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Affiliation Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Leigh Johnson
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Affiliation Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- James McIntyre
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Affiliation Perinatal HIV Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Helen Rees
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Affiliation Reproductive Health Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Connie Celum
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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.