Schistosomiasis was not associated with higher HIV-1 plasma or genital set point viral loads among HIV seroconverters from four cohort studies

• Aaron F. Bochner ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: bochner@uw.edu

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8348-3375

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• W. Evan Secor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Jared M. Baeten,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Govert J. van Dam,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

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• Adam A. Szpiro,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Sammy M. Njenga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Paul L. A. M. Corstjens,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

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• Romel D. Mackelprang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Nelly R. Mugo,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Julie Overbaugh,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Connie Celum,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Andrew Mujugira,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• R. Scott McClelland,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Ruanne V. Barnabas

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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