About the Authors

Rajesh T. Gandhi

rgandhi@partners.org

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital and Ragon Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Deborah K. McMahon

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ronald J. Bosch

Affiliation Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christina M. Lalama

Affiliation Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joshua C. Cyktor

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Bernard J. Macatangay

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Charles R. Rinaldo

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sharon A. Riddler

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Evelyn Hogg

Affiliation Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Catherine Godfrey

Affiliation Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ann C. Collier

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Joseph J. Eron

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

John W. Mellors

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

ACTG A5321 Team

Membership of the ACTG A5321 team is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: EH is employed by a commercial company, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc. JJE is a consultant to Gilead Sciences, Merck & Co, Janssen and ViiV Healthcare. The University of North Carolina receives research grants from Gilead Sciences, Janssen and ViiV Healthcare on which JJE is an investigator. ACC is a member of a Data Safety and Monitoring Board for Merck & Co.-sponsored studies and received support from the International AIDS Society-USA for preparation of an educational presentation. JWM is a consultant for Gilead Sciences and a shareholder of Cocrystal Pharma, Inc.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: RTG DKM RJB CML JCC BJM CRR SAR EH CG ACC JJE JWM. Data curation: RJB CML. Formal analysis: RJB CML. Investigation: RTG DKM RJB CML JCC BJM CRR SAR EH CG ACC JJE JWM. Project administration: RTG DKM JJE JWM EH. Writing – original draft: RTG DKM RJB CML JJE JWM. Writing – review & editing: RTG DKM RJB CML JCC BJM CRR SAR EH CG ACC JJE JWM.