About the Authors
- Margaret Carrel
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* E-mail: margaret-carrel@uiowa.edu
Affiliation Department of Geographical & Sustainability Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Joseph J. Eron Jr
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Michael Emch
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Affiliation Department of Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Christopher B. Hurt
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal′s policy and have the following conflicts: Dr. Eron′s consultancy to Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Merck and ViiV, and his conduct of studies at UNC sponsored by Bristol-Myers squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck and Viiv, as declared in the Competing Interests section of the online form, did not in any way affect the design, conduct or presentation of results for this study. Additionally, this does not alter the authors′ adherence to all the PLOS One Policies on sharing data and materials. MC, ME and CBH declare no competing interests.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MC ME JE CBH. Performed the experiments: MC CBH. Analyzed the data: MC CBH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JE CBH. Wrote the paper: MC JE ME CBH.