Beyond HIV outbreaks: protocol, rationale and implementation of a prospective study quantifying the benefit of incorporating viral sequence clustering analysis into routine public health interventions

• Philip A Chan,
• Joseph W Hogan,
• John Fulton,
• Jon A Steingrimsson,
• Mark Howison,
• Vlad Novitsky,
• Fizza S Gillani,
• Thomas Bertrand,
• Anna Civitarese,
• Katharine Howe,
• Guillermo Ronquillo,
• Benjamin Lafazia,
• Zoanne Parillo,
• Theodore Marak,
• Lila Bhattarai,
• Casey Dunn,
• Utpala Bandy,
• Nicole Alexander Scott,
• Rami Kantor

Affiliations

Philip A Chan

Medicine, Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Joseph W Hogan

2 Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

John Fulton

Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Jon A Steingrimsson

Biostatistics, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Mark Howison

Research Improving People’s Lives, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Vlad Novitsky

Department of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Fizza S Gillani

Department of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Thomas Bertrand

Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Anna Civitarese

Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Katharine Howe

Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Guillermo Ronquillo

Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Benjamin Lafazia

Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Zoanne Parillo

Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Theodore Marak

Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Lila Bhattarai

Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Casey Dunn

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Utpala Bandy

Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Nicole Alexander Scott

Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Rami Kantor

Department of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA