About the Authors

M. Eugenia Socías

Affiliations British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Jean Shoveller

Affiliation School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Chili Bean

Affiliation Sex Workers United Against Violence Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Paul Nguyen

Affiliation British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Julio Montaner

Affiliations British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Kate Shannon

gshi@cfenet.ubc.ca

Affiliations British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Competing Interests

JM has received limited unrestricted funding, paid to his institution, from Abbvie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, Janssen, Merck, and ViiV Healthcare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MES KS. Analyzed the data: PN. Wrote the paper: MES. Contributed to the interpretation of the findings and the critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content, and approved submission of the final manuscript: MES JS CB PN JM KS.