About the Authors

Catriona S. Bradshaw

Contributed equally to this work with: Catriona S. Bradshaw, Jennifer Walker

cbradshaw@mshc.org.au (CSB); j.hocking@unimelb.edu.au (JH)

Affiliations Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Sexual Health Unit, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Jennifer Walker

Contributed equally to this work with: Catriona S. Bradshaw, Jennifer Walker

Affiliations Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual Health, Melbourne Medical School, Rural Health Academic Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Centre for Women’s Health, Gender and Society, Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Christopher K. Fairley

Affiliations Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Sexual Health Unit, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Marcus Y. Chen

Affiliations Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Sexual Health Unit, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Sepehr N. Tabrizi

Affiliations Molecular Microbiology Department, the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, the Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Basil Donovan

Affiliation Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, and Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

John M. Kaldor

Affiliation Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, and Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Kathryn McNamee

Affiliations Family Planning Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Monash Medical Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Eve Urban

Affiliation Sexual Health Unit, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Sandra Walker

Affiliation Sexual Health Unit, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Marian Currie

Affiliation Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Hudson Birden

Affiliation University Centre for Rural Health, and Sydney Institute for Emerging Infectious Diseases & Biosecurity, Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

Francis Bowden

Affiliation Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Suzanne Garland

Affiliations Molecular Microbiology Department, the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, the Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Marie Pirotta

Affiliation Primary Care Research Unit, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Lyle Gurrin

Affiliation Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Jane S. Hocking

cbradshaw@mshc.org.au (CSB); j.hocking@unimelb.edu.au (JH)

Affiliation Centre for Women’s Health, Gender and Society, Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CB JW JH CF M. Chen BD KM ST SG MP LG FB JK HB. Performed the experiments: CB JW JH CF M. Chen BD KM ST SG MP LG FB JK HB SW EU M. Currie. Analyzed the data: CB JH JW CF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CB JW JH CF M. Chen BD KM ST SG MP LG FB JK HB SW EU M. Currie. Wrote the paper: CB JW JH CF M. Chen BD KM ST SG MP LG FB JK HB SW EU M. Currie.