About the Authors

Bertran Auvert

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

Affiliation Progressus, Johannesburg, South Africa

Emmanuel Lagarde

Affiliations INSERM U 687, Saint-Maurice, France, IFR 69, Villejuif, France

Joëlle Sobngwi-Tambekou

Affiliation INSERM U 687, Saint-Maurice, France

Rémi Sitta

Affiliations INSERM U 687, Saint-Maurice, France, IFR 69, Villejuif, France

Adrian Puren

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.