About the Authors

Richard E. Haaland

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Emory Vaccine Center at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Paulina A. Hawkins

Affiliation Emory Vaccine Center at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jesus Salazar-Gonzalez

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Amber Johnson

Affiliation Emory Vaccine Center at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Amanda Tichacek

Affiliation Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Etienne Karita

Affiliation Projet San Francisco, Rwanda Zambia HIV Research Group, RZHRG, Kigali, Rwanda

Olivier Manigart

Affiliation Zambia Emory HIV Research Project, ZEHRP, Lusaka, Zambia

Joseph Mulenga

Affiliations Zambia Emory HIV Research Project, ZEHRP, Lusaka, Zambia, Zambia Blood Transfusion Service, Lusaka, Zambia

Brandon F. Keele

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

George M. Shaw

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Beatrice H. Hahn

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Susan A. Allen

Affiliation Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Cynthia A. Derdeyn

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Emory Vaccine Center at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Eric Hunter

eric.hunter2@emory.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Emory Vaccine Center at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: REH SAA CAD EH. Performed the experiments: REH PAH JSG AJ. Analyzed the data: REH PAH JSG AJ AT BFK SAA CAD EH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EK OM JM BFK. Wrote the paper: REH GMS BHH SAA CAD EH. Contributed to participant recruitment and follow-up of discordant couple cohorts and seroconverters, field site management, protocol development, and manuscript preparation: EK OM JM SAA.