About the Authors
- Ghina R. Mumtaz
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* E-mail: gim2006@qatar-med.cornell.edu (GRM); lja2002@qatar-med.cornell.edu (LJA-R)
Affiliations Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation - Education City, Doha, Qatar, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Helen A. Weiss
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Sara L. Thomas
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Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Suzanne Riome
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Affiliation Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation - Education City, Doha, Qatar
- Hamidreza Setayesh
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Affiliation Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS Regional Support Team, Middle East and North Africa, Cairo, Egypt
- Gabriele Riedner
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Affiliation Regional Office of the Eastern Mediterranean, World Health Organization, Cairo, Egypt
- Iris Semini
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Affiliation Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS Regional Support Team, Middle East and North Africa, Cairo, Egypt
- Oussama Tawil
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Affiliation Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS Regional Support Team, Middle East and North Africa, Cairo, Egypt
- Francisca Ayodeji Akala
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Affiliation Human Development Sector, Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank, Washington (D.C.), United States of America
- David Wilson
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Affiliation Global HIV/AIDS Program, World Bank, Washington (D.C.), United States of America
- Laith J. Abu-Raddad
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* E-mail: gim2006@qatar-med.cornell.edu (GRM); lja2002@qatar-med.cornell.edu (LJA-R)
Affiliations Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College - Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation - Education City, Doha, Qatar, Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GRM LJA HAW SLT. Performed the experiments: GRM SR LJA. Analyzed the data: GRM LJA HAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS GR FAA IS OT DW. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: GRM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: GRM HAW ST SR HS GR FAA IS OT DW LJA. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: GRM HAW ST SR HS GR FAA IS OT DW LJA. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: GRM HAW ST SR HS GR FAA IS OT DW LJA.