About the Authors

Kristin N. Harper

knharpe@emory.edu

Affiliation Department of Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Paolo S. Ocampo

Affiliation School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Bret M. Steiner

Affiliation Laboratory Reference and Research Branch, Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention, NCHHSTP, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Robert W. George

Affiliation Laboratory Reference and Research Branch, Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention, NCHHSTP, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Michael S. Silverman

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Lakeridge Health Centre, Ontario, Canada

Shelly Bolotin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Allan Pillay

Affiliation Laboratory Reference and Research Branch, Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Prevention, NCHHSTP, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Nigel J. Saunders

Affiliation Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

George J. Armelagos

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NS KH BS GA. Performed the experiments: KH BS RG. Analyzed the data: KH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KH BS RG MS SB AP GA. Wrote the paper: KH PO BS MS SB AP GA.