About the Authors
- Kenneth K. Mugwanya
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* E-mail: 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
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Nelly R. Mugo
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Affiliations Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
- Mark Marzinke
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Elly T. Katabira
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Kenneth Ngure
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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
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Grace John-Stewart
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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
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Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
- Gabriel Muthuri
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Affiliation Partners in Health Research and Development, Thika, Kenya
- Andy Stergachis
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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
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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
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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.