About the Authors

Adriano Boasso

a.boasso@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliations Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Andrew W. Hardy

Current address: Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Stephanie A. Anderson

Affiliation Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program (IDCRP), Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, United States of America

Matthew J. Dolan

Affiliation Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Infectious Disease Clinical research Program (IDCRP), San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC), Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States of America

Gene M. Shearer

Affiliation Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB GMS. Performed the experiments: AB AWH. Analyzed the data: AB GMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAA MJD. Wrote the paper: AB GMS.