About the Authors

Paul W. Denton

Current address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

John F. Krisko

Current address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Daniel A. Powell

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Melissa Mathias

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Youn Tae Kwak

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Francisco Martinez-Torres

Current address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Wei Zou

Current address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Deborah A. Payne

Current address: Unipath LLC, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Jacob D. Estes

Affiliation The AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

J. Victor Garcia

victor_garcia@med.unc.edu

Current address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JVG. Performed the experiments: PWD JFK DAP MM YTK FMT WZ JDE. Analyzed the data: PWD JFK DAP MM YTK FMT WZ DP JDE JVG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DP JDE. Wrote the paper: PWD JVG. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JFK DAP MM YTK FMT WZ DP JDE.