About the Authors

Steffanie A. Strathdee

sstrathdee@ucsd.edu

Affiliation University of California San Diego, Department of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Daniela Abramovitz

Affiliation University of California San Diego, Department of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Remedios Lozada

Affiliation Instituto de Servicios de Salud Publica, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Gustavo Martinez

Affiliation Federacion Mexicana de Asociaciones Privadas, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Maria Gudelia Rangel

Affiliation Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Alicia Vera

Affiliation University of California San Diego, Department of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Hugo Staines

Affiliation Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Carlos Magis-Rodriguez

Affiliation Concorcio de Investigacion sobre HIV/AIDS and TB, Mexico City, Mexico

Thomas L. Patterson

Affiliation University of California San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAS TLP. Performed the experiments: AV HS GM MR CM RL. Analyzed the data: DA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RL. Wrote the paper: SAS DA AV CM HS MR GM TLP.