About the Authors

Thuy Le

Thuy.Le@yale.edu

Affiliation Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Jennifer Chiarella

Affiliation Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Birgitte B. Simen

Affiliation 454 Life Sciences/Roche, Branford, Connecticut, United States of America

Bozena Hanczaruk

Affiliation 454 Life Sciences/Roche, Branford, Connecticut, United States of America

Michael Egholm

Affiliation 454 Life Sciences/Roche, Branford, Connecticut, United States of America

Marie L. Landry

Affiliation Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Kevin Dieckhaus

Affiliation University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Marc I. Rosen

Affiliations Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Michael J. Kozal

Affiliations Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

MJK has funding from the NIH, VA and Industry (Merck Co., Bristol Myers Squib, Tibotec, Abbott, and Boehringer-Ingleheim). MJK has received honoraria and speaker fees, including reimbursement for travel and accommodation expenses from Abbott and 454 Life Sciences/Roche. MJK has received royalties from a patent owned by Stanford University for some HIV diagnostic tests. MJK is a consultant for Stanford University, Merck and Shering-Plough Research Institute. KD has received speaker's fees and honoraria for Boehringer-Ingelheim and Gilead. BBS, BH, and ME are employees of 454 Life Sciences/Roche. No competing interest from the other authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TL JC MK. Performed the experiments: TL JC BS BH. Analyzed the data: TL MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BS BH ME ML KD MR MK. Wrote the paper: TL JC BS BH ME ML KD MR MK.