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PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date Collection: 2014
Publication date
(Electronic):
2
September
2014
Volume: 9
Issue: 9
Electronic Location Identifier: e106383
Affiliations
[1
]Center for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
[2
]Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United
States of America
[3
]School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of
America
[4
]Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United
States of America
[5
]Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington,
United States of America
[6
]Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States
of America
[7
]Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
[8
]Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California
San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
[9
]Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco,
California, United States of America
UCL Institute of Child Health, University College London, United Kingdom
Author notes
Competing Interests: Craig R. Cohen declares the following: Financial competing interests include but are
not limited to: Paid employment or consultancy: Dr. Cohen served as a paid consultant
for CerMed Inc. to help them develop a barrier contraceptive/HIV prevention device.
This consultancy ended in 2012. Research grants (from any source, restricted or unrestricted):
Dr. Cohen has active grants from the US NIH, CDC, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Travel grants and honoraria for speaking or participation at meetings: Dr. Cohen received
a travel grant to consult with Gynuity on a study they conducted to investigate infections
following medical abortion in the US. Non-financial Professional interests: Acting
as an expert witness: Dr. Cohen has served as an expert witness on a case in New York
City involving a malpractice suit of a woman who died after delivery due to infectious
complications. Membership in a government or other advisory board: Dr. Cohen was a
non-paid consultant on a WHO panel to assess the risk of hormonal contraception and
HIV acquisition in women. All other authors have declared that no competing interests
exist. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing
data and materials.
Conceived and designed the experiments: TAO EAB RSM CRC CSC. Performed the experiments:
TAO MN RSM CSC. Analyzed the data: TAO MN RSM CSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis
tools: TAO EAB CRC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: TAO MN EAB RSM CRC
CSC. Conceptualized, designed, interpreted results: TAO EAB RSM CRC CSC. Collected
and analyzed data: TAO MN RSM CSC. Drafted manuscript or revised it critically for
important intellectual content: TAO MN EAB RSM CRC CSC. Read and approved the final
manuscript: TAO MN EAB RSM CRC CSC.
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-14-11486
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106383
PMC ID: 4152282
PubMed ID: 25181408
SO-VID: 162156e3-9b77-4cc0-9c66-cc82498f0894
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This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director,
Fogarty International Center, Office of AIDS Research, National Cancer Center, National
Eye Institute, National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute, National Institute of Dental
and Craniofacial Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of
Mental Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and National
Institutes of Health Office of Women's Health and Research through the Fogarty International
Clinical Research Scholars and Fellows Program at Vanderbilt University (R24 TW007988)
and the American Relief and Recovery Act. TAO was a Fogarty International Clinical
Research Fellow. CSC was supported by a Research Scientist Development Award from
the National Institute of Mental Health (K01MH093205). The funders had no role in
study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of
the manuscript.
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Medicine and health sciences
Subject:
Infectious diseases
Subject:
Viral diseases
Subject:
AIDS
Subject:
HIV infections
Subject:
Public and occupational health
Subject:
Preventive medicine
Subject:
HIV prevention
Subject:
Global Health
Subject:
Women's Health
Subject:
Maternal Health
Subject:
Antenatal Care