About the Authors

Taraneh Shafii

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Taraneh.shafii@seattlechildrens.org

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Samantha K. Benson

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Diane M. Morrison

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

James P. Hughes

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Matthew R. Golden

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Public Health Seattle & King County HIV/STD Program, Seattle, WA, United States of America

King K. Holmes

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departments of Global Health and Medicine, University of Washington Schools of Medicine and Public Health; and Center for AIDS & STD, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: 1) TS: GenProbe provided Aptima test kits for gonorrhea and chlamydia for this study; 2) MG: GenProbe provided Aptima test kits for gonorrhea and chlamydia for this study; other research funding: Cempra Pharmaceuticals and Rib-X Pharmaceuticals; The authors below have declared that no competing interests exist: KKH, JH, DM, SB. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.