About the Authors

Courtney P. Amegashie

Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States of America, Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Nicole M. Gilbert

Affiliations Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States of America, Center for Reproductive Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Jeffrey F. Peipert

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

Jenifer E. Allsworth

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO, United States of America

Warren G. Lewis

Affiliations Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Amanda L. Lewis

allewis@wustl.edu, mandylew@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States of America, Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Peipert has received research support from Teva, Merck, and Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, and has served on Advisory Boards for Teva and Perrigo. Dr. Allsworth has received research funding from Bayer in the past. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Ms. Amegashie and Drs. Gilbert, W. Lewis, and A. Lewis report no conflict of interest.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: NMG WGL ALL. Data curation: JEA WGL. Formal analysis: CPA JEA WGL. Funding acquisition: WGL ALL. Investigation: CPA NMG. Methodology: NMG JEA. Project administration: WGL ALL. Resources: JFP JEA. Visualization: CPA WGL ALL. Writing – original draft: CPA WGL ALL. Writing – review & editing: CPA NMG JFP JEA WGL ALL.