About the Authors

Hamish McManus

hmcmanus@kirby.unsw.edu.au

Affiliation The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Kathy Petoumenos

Affiliation The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Teo Franic

Affiliation Holdsworth House GP, Sydney, Australia

Mark D. Kelly

Affiliation Brisbane Sexual Health and HIV Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Jo Watson

Affiliation National Association of People with HIV Australia, Sydney, Australia

Catherine C. O’Connor

Affiliations The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, RPA Sexual Health, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia, Central Clinical School, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia

Mark Jeanes

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Jennifer Hoy

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

David A. Cooper

Affiliation The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Matthew G. Law

Affiliation The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: the Australian HIV Observational Database is funded in part by unconditional grants from Merck Sharp & Dohme; Gilead; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Boehringer Ingelheim; Roche; Pfizer; GlaxoSmithKline; Janssen-Cilag. MGL has received research grants, consultancy and/or travel grants from Boehringer Ingelheim; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Gilead; GlaxoSmithKline; Janssen-Cilag; Johnson & Johnson; Merck Sharp & Dohme; Pfizer; Roche; and CSL Ltd. JH’s institution has received funding for investigator-initiated research, advisory board honorarium and conference sponsorship from Janssen-Cilag, Gilead Sciences, Merck Sharp & Dohme, and ViiV Healthcare. This does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

¶Membership of the Australian HIV Observational Database is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Performed the experiments: HM KP MGL TF MDK JW CCO MJ JH DAC. Analyzed the data: HM. Wrote the paper: HM KP MGL TF MDK JW CCO MJ JH DAC.