Kristen Hess, PhD, Dennis Fisher, PhD and Grace Reynolds, DPA, Center for Behavioral Research and Services, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Mark McGrath, MPH¹, Mena Gorre, MPH², Jeffrey Klausner, MD, MPH³, Adam Cohen, MPH⁴, Gabriel Previtera, DIS¹ and Claire C Bristow, MSc⁵, 1Public Health Division, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, 2Linkage to Care Director, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, 3Division of Infectious Diseases and Program in Global Health, David Geffen School of Medicine and Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA, 4UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 5Program in Global Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Olusegun Soge, PhD¹, Lindley Barbee, MD, MPH², Matthew Golden, MD, MPH³ and King Holmes, MD, PhD¹, 1Neisseria Reference Laboratory, Center for AIDS and STD, Departments of Global Health and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Disease, University of Washington & Public Health -- Seattle & King County HIV/STD Program, Seattle, WA, 3Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Disease, and Public Health - Seattle & King County HIV/STD Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

John Papp, PhD, Laboratory Reference and Research Branch, Division of STD Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, Marie-Claire Rowlinson, PhD, D(ABMM), Bureau of Public Health Laboratories, Jafar Razeq, Ph.D, HCLD (ABB), Maryland Department of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, Jason Wholehan, MT (ASCP), Michigan Department of Community Health, Lansing, Michigan, Anita Glennen, BS, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul, Minnesota, Chaney Walters, MS, MST, STD/Mycology, Mississippi Public Health Laboratories, Jackson, Mississippi, Jackson, MS, Peter Iwen, MS, PhD, D(ABMM), Nebraska Public Health Laboratory, Omaha, Nebraska, Lillian Lee, MS, SM(NRCM-ASCP), New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York City, New York and Celia Hagan, MPH (CPH), Association of Public Health Laboratories, Silver Spring, Maryland

Philip Links, PhD MSc MPA¹, Irene Martin, BSc², Matthew Links, PhD³, Qing Liu, PhD⁴, Ping Yan, PhD⁵, Jun Wu, PhD⁵ and Tom Wong, MD, MPH, FRCPC⁶, 1Professional Guidelines and Public Health Practice Division, Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2Streptococcus and STI Unit, National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 3Bio-Products and Bioprocessing, National Science Program, Science and Technology Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, 4Translational Biosciences, Human Health and Therapeutics Portfolio, National Research Council of Canada, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 5Professional Guidelines and Public Health Practice Division, Center for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 6Professional Guidelines and Public Health Practice Division, Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada