About the Authors

Thomas D. Brothers

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Susan Kirkland

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Olga Theou

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Stefano Zona

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Adults and Children, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Andrea Malagoli

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Adults and Children, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Lindsay M. K. Wallace

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Chiara Stentarelli

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Adults and Children, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Cristina Mussini

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Adults and Children, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Julian Falutz

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation McGill University Hospital Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Giovanni Guaraldi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Adults and Children, Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Kenneth Rockwood

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

kenneth.rockwood@dal.ca

Affiliations Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Centre for Health Care of the Elderly, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: JF has received consulting fees from Theratechnologies, Inc, and has received payment for lectures from Viiv Canada, Gilead Canada, and Abbott Canada. GG has received research grants from BristolMyers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, and Jansen. He has received honoraria as speaker and/or advisor from Gilead Sciences, BMS, Merck, and Jansen. KR is founder and Chief Scientific Officer of DGI Clinical Inc., which has unrelated outcome measurement and advanced data analytics contracts with Baxalata, Lumosity, Nutricia, Pfizer and Roche. All other authors report no conflicts of interest. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.