About the Authors

Matthew C. Strain

mstrain@ucsd.edu

Affiliations University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America

Steven M. Lada

Affiliations University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America

Tiffany Luong

Current address: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Affiliations University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America

Steffney E. Rought

Affiliations University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America

Sara Gianella

Affiliations University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America

Valeri H. Terry

Affiliations University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America

Celsa A. Spina

Affiliations University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America

Christopher H. Woelk

Affiliations University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America

Douglas D. Richman

Affiliations University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

DDR has served as a consultant for BMS, Gilead, Merck, Monogram, Tobira, Chimerix, Biota, Gen-Probe and Idenix Pharmaceuticals. There are no patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare. 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: MCS SML SER DDR. Performed the experiments: SML TL SG VHT. Analyzed the data: MCS SML DDR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG VHT CAS CHW DDR. Wrote the paper: MCS SML SER CHW DDR.