About the Authors

Michael Rayment

michaelrayment@nhs.net

Affiliation Directorate of HIV/GU Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Alicia Thornton

Affiliation Health Protection Agency, Centre for Infections, London, United Kingdom

Sundhiya Mandalia

Affiliation St Stephen’s AIDS Trust, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Gillian Elam

Affiliation Centre for Sexual Health & HIV Research, Research Department of Infection & Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Mark Atkins

Affiliation Department of Clinical Virology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Rachael Jones

Affiliation Directorate of HIV/GU Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Anthony Nardone

Affiliation Health Protection Agency, Centre for Infections, London, United Kingdom

Patrick Roberts

Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Melinda Tenant-Flowers

Affiliation Department of Sexual Health and HIV, The Caldecot Centre, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Jane Anderson

Affiliation Centre for the Study of Sexual Health and HIV, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Ann K. Sullivan on behalf of the HINTS Study Group

Affiliation Directorate of HIV/GU Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR AT GE PR RJ AN MTF JA AKS. Performed the experiments: MR AT GE MTF AKS. Analyzed the data: MR AT SM MTF JA AKS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA. Wrote the paper: MR. Provided technical advice, and evaluated and authorized the HIV testing technology: MA. Reviewed the manuscript: MR AT GE SM MA PR RJ AN MTF JA AKS.