About the Authors

Nathan A. Cannon

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Maureen J. Donlin

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Xiaofeng Fan

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Rajeev Aurora

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

John E. Tavis

tavisje@slu.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Saint Louis University Liver Center, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

for the Virahep-C Study Group

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JT NC. Performed the experiments: NC XF. Analyzed the data: RA MD JT NC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RA MD JT XF. Wrote the paper: NC.