About the Authors
- Angelina Gomes
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Current address: Department of Medicine, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Emily V. Reyes
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Current address: Departamento de Infectología, Hospital Salvador B. Gautier, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Affiliation Unidad de Tratamiento de ITS y VIH, Instituto Dermatológico y Cirugía de Piel “Dr. Humberto Bogaert Diaz”, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- L. Sergio Garduno
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Current address: College of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
Affiliation University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Rita Rojas
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Current address: Departamento de Infectología, Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Affiliation Unidad de Tratamiento de ITS y VIH, Instituto Dermatológico y Cirugía de Piel “Dr. Humberto Bogaert Diaz”, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Geraldine Mir Mesejo
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Affiliation Departamento de Medicina, Profamilia, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Eliza Del Rosario
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Affiliation Departamento de Medicina, Profamilia, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Lina Jose
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Affiliation Unidad de Tratamiento de ITS y VIH, Instituto Dermatológico y Cirugía de Piel “Dr. Humberto Bogaert Diaz”, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Carmen Javier
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Affiliation Unidad de Tratamiento de ITS y VIH, Instituto Dermatológico y Cirugía de Piel “Dr. Humberto Bogaert Diaz”, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Catherine Vaughan
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Current address: Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Yeycy Donastorg
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Affiliation Unidad de Vacunas, Instituto Dermatológico y Cirugía de Piel “Dr. Humberto Bogaert Diaz”, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Scott Hammer
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Karen Brudney
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Barbara S. Taylor
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* E-mail: TaylorB4@uthscsa.edu
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SH has been paid for consultancy work with CytoDyn, and has received money as a member of the Data Monitoring Committees at Merck and Bristol-Myers Squibb. RR has previously received payment from Merck, Gilead, and Pfizer for lectures. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: AG RR GMM LJ CV CJ YD SH KB BST. Data curation: AG EVR LSG EDR CV BST. Formal analysis: AG BST. Funding acquisition: BST SH KB. Investigation: AG EVR LSG RR GMM EDR CV BST. Methodology: AG RR KB SH BST. Project administration: EVR EDR LSG. Resources: LJ CJ YD. Software: AG LSG BST. Supervision: KB SH YD BST. Validation: AG EVR EDR CV BST. Visualization: AG. Writing - original draft: AG BST. Writing - review & editing: AG RR KB YD SH BST.