About the Authors
- Geneviève Boily-Larouche
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Affiliations Laboratoire d’Immunogénétique, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Canada, Département de Microbiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
- Miroslav P. Milev
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, McGill University, The Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and McGill AIDS Center, Montreal, Canada
- Lynn S. Zijenah
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Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Harare, Zimbabwe
- Annie-Claude Labbé
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Affiliations Département de Microbiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, Département de Microbiologie de l’hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Canada
- Djimon M. Zannou
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Affiliation Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire, Université d’Abomey Calavi, Cotonou, Bénin
- Jean H. Humphrey
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Affiliation Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Brian J. Ward
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Affiliation Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
- Johanne Poudrier
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Affiliations Laboratoire d’Immunogénétique, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Canada, Département de Microbiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
- Andrew J. Mouland
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, McGill University, The Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and McGill AIDS Center, Montreal, Canada
- Éric A. Cohen
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Affiliations Département de Microbiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
- Michel Roger
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* E-mail: michel.roger.chum@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Affiliations Laboratoire d’Immunogénétique, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Canada, Département de Microbiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflict: Dr. Humphrey received an operating grant from BASF for the ZVITAMBO project. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MR GBL. Performed the experiments: GBL. Analyzed the data: MR GBL JP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MPM LSZ ACL DMZ JHH BJW AJM EAC. Wrote the paper: MR GBL.