About the Authors

Melinda S. Suchard

thesuchards@telkomsa.net

Affiliations Haematology and Molecular Medicine, National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Microbiology, National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, AIDS Virus Research Unit, National Institute for Communicable Disease, Johannesburg, South Africa

Elizabeth Mayne

Affiliations Haematology and Molecular Medicine, National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, AIDS Virus Research Unit, National Institute for Communicable Disease, Johannesburg, South Africa

Victoria A. Green

Affiliations Haematology and Molecular Medicine, National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom, AIDS Virus Research Unit, National Institute for Communicable Disease, Johannesburg, South Africa

Sharon Shalekoff

Affiliation AIDS Virus Research Unit, National Institute for Communicable Disease, Johannesburg, South Africa

Samantha L. Donninger

Affiliation AIDS Virus Research Unit, National Institute for Communicable Disease, Johannesburg, South Africa

Wendy S. Stevens

Affiliation Haematology and Molecular Medicine, National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Clive M. Gray

Affiliation AIDS Virus Research Unit, National Institute for Communicable Disease, Johannesburg, South Africa

Caroline T. Tiemessen

Affiliation AIDS Virus Research Unit, National Institute for Communicable Disease, Johannesburg, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSS EM VAG SS SLD WS. Performed the experiments: MSS EM VAG. Analyzed the data: MSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSS SS SLD CMG CTT. Wrote the paper: MSS. Reviewed manuscript: EM VAG SS WS CMG CTT.