About the Authors

Gabriel Catano

Contributed equally to this work with: Gabriel Catano, Hemant Kulkarni, Weijing He

Affiliations Veterans Administration Research Center for AIDS and HIV-1 Infection, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Hemant Kulkarni

Contributed equally to this work with: Gabriel Catano, Hemant Kulkarni, Weijing He

Affiliations Veterans Administration Research Center for AIDS and HIV-1 Infection, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Weijing He

Contributed equally to this work with: Gabriel Catano, Hemant Kulkarni, Weijing He

Affiliations Veterans Administration Research Center for AIDS and HIV-1 Infection, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Vincent C. Marconi

Affiliations Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program (IDCRP), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Infectious Disease Service, San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC), Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, United States of America

Brian K. Agan

Affiliations Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program (IDCRP), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Infectious Disease Service, San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC), Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas, United States of America

Michael Landrum

Affiliations Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program (IDCRP), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Infectious Disease Service, San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC), Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas, United States of America

Stephanie Anderson

Affiliations Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program (IDCRP), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas, United States of America

Judith Delmar

Affiliations Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program (IDCRP), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Infectious Disease Service, San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC), Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, United States of America

Vanessa Telles

Affiliations Veterans Administration Research Center for AIDS and HIV-1 Infection, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Li Song

Affiliations Veterans Administration Research Center for AIDS and HIV-1 Infection, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

John Castiblanco

Affiliations Veterans Administration Research Center for AIDS and HIV-1 Infection, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Robert A. Clark

Affiliations Veterans Administration Research Center for AIDS and HIV-1 Infection, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Matthew J. Dolan

mdolan@hjf.org (MJD); ahujas@uthscsa.edu (SKA)

Affiliations Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program (IDCRP), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Infectious Disease Service, San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC), Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas, United States of America

Sunil K. Ahuja

mdolan@hjf.org (MJD); ahujas@uthscsa.edu (SKA)

Affiliations Veterans Administration Research Center for AIDS and HIV-1 Infection, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GC HK WH MJD SKA. Performed the experiments: GC WH VT SL. Analyzed the data: GC HK WH SL JC RAC MJD SKA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VM BA ML SAA JD JC MJD SKA. Wrote the paper: GC HK WH ML JC RAC MJD SKA.