About the Authors

Robert S. Remis

Affiliation Ontario HIV Epidemiologic Monitoring Unit, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Michel Alary

Affiliations Centre de Recherche, CHU de Québec, Québec, Canada, Département de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, Faculté de médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada, Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Québec, Canada

Juan Liu

Affiliation Ontario HIV Epidemiologic Monitoring Unit, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Rupert Kaul

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Robert W. H. Palmer

r.palmer@utoronto.ca

Affiliation Ontario HIV Epidemiologic Monitoring Unit, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Competing Interests

Please note that Dr. Remis is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSR MA RK RWHP. Performed the experiments: RSR JL RWHP. Analyzed the data: RSR JL RWHP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RSR MA RWHP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RSR MA RK JL RWHP.