About the Authors

Elizabeth M. McClure

mcclure@rti.org

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Research Triangle Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Steven R. Meshnick

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Peter Mungai

Affiliation Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Indu Malhotra

Affiliation Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Christopher L. King

Affiliation Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Robert L. Goldenberg

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Michael G. Hudgens

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Anna Maria Siega-Riz

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Arlene E. Dent

Affiliation Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMM SRM PM IM CLK RLG AED. Performed the experiments: PM IM CLK AED. Analyzed the data: EMM SRM MGH AED. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM IM CLK AED. Wrote the paper: EMM SRM IM CLK RLG AMSR AED.