About the Authors

Cristina Cellerai

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Allergy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Alexandre Harari

Affiliations Division of Immunology and Allergy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, Swiss Vaccine Research Institute, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Hans Stauss

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University College London-Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom

Sabine Yerly

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, University Hospital Geneva and University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland

Anna-Maria Geretti

Affiliation Virology Department, University College London-Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom

Anne Carroll

Affiliation The Royal Free Centre for HIV Medicine-Ian Charleson Day Centre, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Thynn Yee

Affiliation Haemostasis and Haemophilia Department, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Jonathan Ainsworth

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, North Middlesex Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Ian Williams

Affiliation Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom

John Sweeney

Affiliation Department of GU Medicine, Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, United Kingdom

Andrew Freedman

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Margaret Johnson

Affiliation The Royal Free Centre for HIV Medicine-Ian Charleson Day Centre, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Giuseppe Pantaleo

Affiliations Division of Immunology and Allergy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, Swiss Vaccine Research Institute, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Sabine Kinloch-de Loes

sabine@kinloch.u-net.com

Affiliations Department of Immunology, University College London-Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom, The Royal Free Centre for HIV Medicine-Ian Charleson Day Centre, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC AH HS GP SK-dL. Performed the experiments: CC SY A-MG. Analyzed the data: CC AH SY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS GP SK-dL AC TY JA IW JS AF MJ. Wrote the paper: CC AH SK-dL SY.