About the Authors
- Mostafa Shokoohi
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Affiliation Regional Knowledge Hub, and WHO Collaborating Centre for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
- Mohammad Karamouzian
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* E-mail: Karamouzian.m@gmail.com
Affiliation Regional Knowledge Hub, and WHO Collaborating Centre for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
- Razieh Khajekazemi
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Affiliation Research Center for Modeling in Health, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
- Mehdi Osooli
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Affiliation Centre for Haemostasis and Thrombosis, Skane University Hospital, Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Hamid Sharifi
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Affiliation Regional Knowledge Hub, and WHO Collaborating Centre for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
- Ali Akbar Haghdoost
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Affiliation Research Center for Modeling in Health, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
- Kianoush Kamali
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Affiliation Center for Disease Control (CDC), Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
- Ali Mirzazadeh
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Affiliations Regional Knowledge Hub, and WHO Collaborating Centre for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States of America
Competing Interests
Kinaoush Kamali has contributed to the development of HIV programs in Iran and is supported by the Ministry of Health. The rest of the authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AH KK AM MK MS. Performed the experiments: MS RK MK HS MO. Analyzed the data: MK MS RK HS AM AH MO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK MS RK HS AM AH MO KK. Wrote the paper: MK MS AM MO.