About the Authors

Jason D. Barbour

jbarbour@php.ucsf.edu

Affiliation HIV/AIDS Division, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lishomwa C. Ndhlovu

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Qi Xuan Tan

Affiliations Division of Experimental Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, UCSF Core Immunology Laboratory, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Terence Ho

Affiliations Division of Experimental Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, UCSF Core Immunology Laboratory, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lorrie Epling

Affiliations Division of Experimental Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, UCSF Core Immunology Laboratory, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Barry M. Bredt

Affiliations Division of Experimental Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, UCSF Core Immunology Laboratory, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Jay A. Levy

Affiliation HIV/AIDS Division, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Frederick M. Hecht

Affiliation HIV/AIDS Division, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Elizabeth Sinclair

Affiliations Division of Experimental Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, UCSF Core Immunology Laboratory, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDB LE BB FMH ES. Performed the experiments: QXT TH LE ES. Analyzed the data: JDB LCN QXT TH LE ES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB JAL FMH ES. Wrote the paper: JDB LCN LE JAL FMH ES.