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The authors would like to thank Mr. William Bradley for his expertise and assistance with the U.S. Military HIV Natural History Study (NHS) database.
We would also like to express our gratitude for the current members of the IDCRP HIV Working Group and the long line of military HIV researchers who have supported the HIV NHS, and for the research coordinators and support staff for their countless hours of work.
Most importantly, we would like to thank the patients for their participation, without which this research would not have been possible.
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Mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
The analyses, conclusions and decision to submit the manuscript are the independent work and decision of the authors.
The NIH had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Support for this work (IDCRP#G187YS-RV198) was provided by the Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program (IDCRP, www.idcrp.org), a Department of Defense (DoD) program executed through the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
This project has been funded in whole, or in part, with federal funds from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), under Inter-Agency Agreement Y1-AI-5072.
The IDCRP reviewed the study design, collected the data, and provided salary support to investigators (M.L.L. A.M.F., N.F.C., A.C.W., A.G., and B.K.A.).
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