About the Authors

Bridget M. Whitney

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

bmw05@uw.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Brandon L. Guthrie

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Sujatha Srinivasan

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Kenneth Tapia

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Eric Munene Muriuki

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Bhavna H. Chohan

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Institute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Jacqueline M. Wallis

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Congzhou Liu

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America

R. Scott McClelland

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

David N. Fredricks

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Alison C. Roxby

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: David N. Fredricks has a financial relationship with BD for licensure of molecular diagnosis of BV. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.