About the Authors

Scott G. Kitchen

skitchen@ucla.edu

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, The David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Michael Bennett

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, and The UCLA AIDS Institute, The David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Zoran Galić

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, The David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Joanne Kim

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, The David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Qing Xu

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, The David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Alan Young

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, The David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Alexis Lieberman

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, The David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Aviva Joseph

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Harris Goldstein

Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Hwee Ng

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, and The UCLA AIDS Institute, The David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Otto Yang

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, The David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, and The UCLA AIDS Institute, The David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jerome A. Zack

Affiliations Division of Hematology-Oncology, The David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, and The UCLA AIDS Institute, The David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SGK OOY JAZ. Performed the experiments: SGK MB ZG JK QX AY AL HN. Analyzed the data: SGK MB OOY JAZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SGK MB ZG AJ HG OOY. Wrote the paper: SGK.