About the Authors

Eric S. Rosenberg

erosenberg1@mgh.harvard.edu

Affiliation Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Barney S. Graham

Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ellen S. Chan

Affiliation Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ronald J. Bosch

Affiliation Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Vicki Stocker

Affiliation Social and Scientific Systems, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Janine Maenza

Affiliation University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Martin Markowitz

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

Susan Little

Affiliation University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Paul E. Sax

Affiliation Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ann C. Collier

Affiliation University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Gary Nabel

Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Suzanne Saindon

Affiliation Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Theresa Flynn

Affiliation Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Daniel Kuritzkes

Affiliation Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Dan H. Barouch

Affiliation Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

for the ACTG A5187 Team

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ESR BSG ESC RJB VS MM SL GJN DRK DHB. Performed the experiments: ESR BSG JM MM PS AC SS DHB. Analyzed the data: ESR ESC RJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BSG GJN DHB. Wrote the paper: ESR. Served as clinical trial specialist: VS. Site PI: JM SL PS AC. Contributed vaccine: GJN. Clinical specialist/Field representative: TF. PI of HARVARD ACTU: DRK. Co-Chair of study: DHB.