About the Authors

Kelly A. Curtis

czv2@cdc.gov

Affiliation Laboratory Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Andrew F. Longosz

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunoregulation, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

M. Susan Kennedy

Affiliation Laboratory Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sheila Keating

Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America

John Heitman

Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Oliver Laeyendecker

Affiliations Laboratory of Immunoregulation, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

S. Michele Owen

Affiliation Laboratory Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAC MSK OL SMO. Performed the experiments: AFL SK JH. Analyzed the data: KAC AFL MSK SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAC AFL MSK SK JH OL SMO. Wrote the manuscript: KAC.