About the Authors

Leigh F. Johnson

Leigh.Johnson@uct.ac.za

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

Joel Mossong

Affiliation Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Mtubatuba, South Africa

Rob E. Dorrington

Affiliation Centre for Actuarial Research, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Michael Schomaker

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

Christopher J. Hoffmann

Affiliations Aurum Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Olivia Keiser

Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Matthew P. Fox

Affiliations Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Health Economics and Epidemiology Research Office, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Robin Wood

Affiliation Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Hans Prozesky

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa, Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

Janet Giddy

Affiliation McCord Hospital, Durban, South Africa

Daniela Belen Garone

Affiliation Médecins Sans Frontières, Cape Town, South Africa

Morna Cornell

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

Matthias Egger

Affiliation Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Andrew Boulle

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

for the International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS Southern Africa (IeDEA-SA) Collaboration

Membership of The International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS Southern Africa (IeDEA-SA) Collaboration is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LFJ RED JM OK MPF MS ME AB. Performed the experiments: LJ MS AB MC. Analyzed the data: LJ MS AB MC. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: LJ. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: LFJ JM RED MS CJH OK MPF RW HP JG DBG MC ME AB. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: LFJ JM RED MS CJH OK MPF RW HP JG DBG MC ME AB. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: LFJ JM RED MS CJH OK MPF RW HP JG DBG MC ME AB. Enrolled patients: CH JM HP MF JG DBG RW.