About the Authors
- Nitika Pant Pai
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* E-mail: nitika.pai@mcgill.ca
Affiliations Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University and Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
- Tarannum Behlim
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Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University and Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
- Lameze Abrahams
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Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Caroline Vadnais
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Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University and Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
- Sushmita Shivkumar
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Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University and Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
- Sabrina Pillay
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Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University and Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
- Anke Binder
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Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Roni Deli-Houssein
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Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University and Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
- Nora Engel
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Affiliation Global Health, Department of Health, Ethics and Society at Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Lawrence Joseph
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Keertan Dheda
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Affiliation Lung Infection and Immunity Unit, Division of Pulmonology and UCT Lung Institute, Department of Medicine and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Competing Interests
The authors declare that senior co-author Dr. Keertan Dheda is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member and corresponding author Dr. Nitika Pant Pai is an Academic Editor with PLOS ONE. Smartphone App that facilitates HIV Self testing included in this manuscript is McGill University-owned and authored by Dr. Pant Pai's lab copyright no: 423 1105598. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. The authors have no conflicts of interest with the industry. The study kits were purchased at a research rate for the study. 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: NPP KD SS TB CV AB SP LJ LA RDH NE. Performed the experiments: NPP TB LA CV SS SP AB RDH NE LJ KD. Analyzed the data: LJ NPP SS TB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NPP TB LA CV SS SP AB RDH NE LJ KD. Wrote the paper: NPP TB LA CV SS SP AB RDH NE LJ KD.