About the Authors
- Bertran Auvert
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bertran.auvert@apr.aphp.fr
Affiliations Hôpital Ambroise-Paré, Assitance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Boulogne, France, INSERM U 687, Saint-Maurice, France, University Versailles Saint-Quentin, Versailles, France, IFR 69, Villejuif, France
- Dirk Taljaard
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Affiliation Progressus, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Emmanuel Lagarde
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Affiliations INSERM U 687, Saint-Maurice, France, IFR 69, Villejuif, France
- Joëlle Sobngwi-Tambekou
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Affiliation INSERM U 687, Saint-Maurice, France
- Rémi Sitta
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Affiliations INSERM U 687, Saint-Maurice, France, IFR 69, Villejuif, France
- Adrian Puren
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Affiliation National Institute for Communicable Disease, Johannesburg, South Africa
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
BA designed the study with DT, EL, and AP. DT and AP were responsible for operational aspects, including laboratory and field work and in-country administration of the study. BA monitored the study with input from EL and wrote the paper with input from all authors. BA analyzed the data with RS, with inputs from JST. RS conducted the interim analysis.