About the Authors

Kenneth K. Mugwanya

mugwanya@uw.edu

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Division of Disease Control, School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Craig W. Hendrix

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Nelly R. Mugo

Affiliations Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Mark Marzinke

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Elly T. Katabira

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Kenneth Ngure

Affiliations Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya

Nulu B. Semiyaga

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Grace John-Stewart

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

Timothy R. Muwonge

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Gabriel Muthuri

Affiliation Partners in Health Research and Development, Thika, Kenya

Andy Stergachis

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

Connie L. Celum

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

Jared M. Baeten

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

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy, and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: FTC-TDF was donated by Gilead Sciences. CWH reports a prior contract from Gilead Sciences outside the submitted work and a patent pending, both managed by Johns Hopkins. MM has grant funding via the NIH. GJS has research grants from NIH (unrelated), CDC (unrelated), Thrasher Foundation (unrelated), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (sponsor), royalties from UpToDate (unrelated), and salary support from the University of Washington. All authors declare no other conflicts of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KKM CWH JMB. Performed the experiments: KKM CWH MM JMB. Analyzed the data: KKM CWH MM JMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KKM CWH MM CLC JMB. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: KKM CWH JMB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KKM CWH NRM MM ETK GJS KN NBS TRM GM AS CLC JMB. Enrolled patients: KKM NRM ETK KN NBS TRM GM. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: KKM CWH NRM MM ETK GJS KN NBS TRM GM AS CLC JMB. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.