About the Authors

Angelina Gomes

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

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

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

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

Affiliation Departamento de Medicina, Profamilia, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Eliza Del Rosario

Affiliation Departamento de Medicina, Profamilia, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Lina Jose

Affiliation Unidad de Tratamiento de ITS y VIH, Instituto Dermatológico y Cirugía de Piel “Dr. Humberto Bogaert Diaz”, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Carmen Javier

Affiliation Unidad de Tratamiento de ITS y VIH, Instituto Dermatológico y Cirugía de Piel “Dr. Humberto Bogaert Diaz”, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Catherine Vaughan

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

Affiliation Unidad de Vacunas, Instituto Dermatológico y Cirugía de Piel “Dr. Humberto Bogaert Diaz”, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Scott Hammer

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Karen Brudney

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Barbara S. Taylor

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.