About the Authors

Sandhya Vasan

svasan@adarc.org

Affiliations Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, New York, United States of America, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Sarah J. Schlesinger

Affiliations Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, New York, United States of America, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Zhiwei Chen

Current address: AIDS Institute, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Affiliations Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, New York, United States of America, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Arlene Hurley

Affiliations Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, New York, United States of America, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Angela Lombardo

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York, New York, United States of America

Soe Than

Current address: Pfizer Inc., New York, New York, United States of America

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York, New York, United States of America

Phumla Adesanya

Current address: Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, New Jersey, United States of America

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York, New York, United States of America

Catherine Bunce

Affiliation University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Mark Boaz

Current address: Sanofi Pasteur, Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York, New York, United States of America

Rosanne Boyle

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York, New York, United States of America

Eddy Sayeed

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York, New York, United States of America

Lorna Clark

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Core Laboratory, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Daniel Dugin

Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Mar Boente-Carrera

Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Claudia Schmidt

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York, New York, United States of America

Qing Fang

Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Ba Lei

Current address: Schering-Plough, Kenilworth, New Jersey, United States of America

Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Yaoxing Huang

Affiliations Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, New York, United States of America, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Gerasimos J. Zaharatos

Current address: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Affiliations Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, New York, United States of America, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

David F. Gardiner

Current address: Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Affiliations Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Marina Caskey

Affiliation The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Laura Seamons

Affiliation EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Martin Ho

Affiliation EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Len Dally

Affiliation EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Carol Smith

Affiliation EMMES Corporation, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Josephine Cox

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Core Laboratory, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Dilbinder Gill

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Core Laboratory, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Jill Gilmour

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Core Laboratory, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Michael C. Keefer

Affiliation University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Patricia Fast

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, New York, New York, United States of America

David D. Ho

Affiliations Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, New York, United States of America, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SV SJS ZC AL ST PA MB RB ES YH JG PF DDH. Performed the experiments: SV SJS ZC AH CB LC DPD MBC QF LB GJZ DFG MC LS DKG MCK. Analyzed the data: SV SJS ZC AH AL ST PA MB CS QF LB YH MH LD CS JC DKG JG PF DDH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SV ZC MB RB ES QF LB YH. Wrote the paper: SV AH AL CS JC MCK PF DDH.