About the Authors

Michael H. Chung

mhchung@uw.edu

Affiliations 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 Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Barbra A. Richardson

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Kenneth Tapia

Affiliation Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Sarah Benki-Nugent

Affiliation Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

James N. Kiarie

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Jane M. Simoni

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Julie Overbaugh

Affiliation Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Mena Attwa

Affiliation Coptic Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya

Grace C. John-Stewart

Affiliations 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 Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

Academic Editor Edward Mills has collaborated and published one previous paper with Michael Chung, the lead author on this paper.

Author Contributions

ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: MHC BAR KT SBN JNK JAS JO MA GCJS. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: MHC BAR KT SBN JNK JAS JO MA GCJS. Designed the experiments/the study: MHC BAR JAS MA GCJS. Analyzed the data: MHC BAR KT SBN JNK. Collected data/did experiments for the study: MHC JNK. Enrolled patients: MHC. Wrote the first draft of the paper: MHC. Contributed to the writing of the paper: MHC BAR KT SBN JNK JO GCJS. Oversaw virological aspects of the study, including data collection and integrity: JO.