Sikhanyisiwe Nkomo:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2272-482X
Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: Writing – original
draft
Wanzirai Makoni: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: Project administrationRole:
Writing – original draft
Mary Kate Shapley-Quinn:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9805-3132
Role: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: Writing –
original draft
Ellen Luecke:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1509-5092
Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – review
& editing
Enough Mbatsane: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: Writing – review
& editing
Kgahlisho Manenzhe: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: Writing – review
& editing
Khatija Ahmed:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0309-1641
Role: Project administrationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Leah M. Johnson: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review
& editing
Imelda Mahaka: Role: Project administrationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Ariane van der Straten: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Whitney Irie: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Title:
PLOS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
17
May
2023
Publication date Collection: 2023
Volume: 18
Issue: 5
Electronic Location Identifier: e0285711
Affiliations
[1
]
Pangaea Zimbabwe AIDS Trust, Harare, Zimbabwe
[2
]
Women’s Global Health Imperative, RTI International, San Jose, California, United
States of America
[3
]
Setshaba Research Centre, Soshanguve, South Africa
[4
]
Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Pretoria,
Pretoria, South Africa
[5
]
RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
[6
]
ASTRA Consulting, Kensington, California, United States of America
[7
]
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco,
California, United States of America
Boston College School of Social Work, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: The technology disclosed in this manuscript is protected by pending US Patent application
US 20210346661 A1 (and corresponding international applications) and PCT application
WO/2021/207329 (and corresponding international applications) with LMJ and AVS as
named inventors.
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Publisher ID:
PONE-D-21-39769
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285711
PMC ID: 10191314
PubMed ID: 37195918
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Copyright © © 2023 Nkomo et al
License:
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the original author and source are credited.
Funded by:
USAID
Award ID: AID-OAA-A-17-00011
Award Recipient
:
Leah M. Johnson
This research was made possible by the generous support of the American people through
the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR): USAID Cooperative Agreement
number AID-OAA-A-17-00011. The contents are the responsibility of the authors and
do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID, PEPFAR, or the United States Government.
Funding was received by LMJ. USAID (
https://www.usaid.gov/) reviewed and approved the study design and a draft of this manuscript.
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