About the Authors
- Joseph J. Valadez
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Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Sima Berendes
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* E-mail: berendes@liverpool.ac.uk
Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Caroline Jeffery
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Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Joanna Thomson
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Affiliation Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
- Hussain Ben Othman
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Affiliation National Centre for Diseases Control, National AIDS Programme, Tripoli, Libya
- Leon Danon
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Affiliation Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
- Abdullah A. Turki
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Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Rabea Saffialden
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Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Lusine Mirzoyan
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Affiliation Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Dr. Hussain Ben Othman works for the Libyan National Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC), Ministry of Health, which is also responsible for the planning and implementation of the National HIV-Strategy informed by the results of this paper. The other authors have declared no competing interests exist. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JJV LM SB. Performed the experiments: LM AAT RS. Analyzed the data: JT LD SB CJ. Wrote the paper: SB. Obtained funding: JJV. Led study preparations: LM. Negotiated the study with the Libyan government: JJV LM. Contributed to the study preparations: JJV AAT HO SB CJ. Provided technical assistance to the data collection: HO JJV SB CJ. Supported the data analysis and all authors contributed to the interpretation of results: JJV LM RS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript, and read and approved the final manuscript: JJV SB CJ JT HO LD AAT RS LM.