About the Authors

Larry W. Chang

lchang8@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Joseph Kagaayi

Affiliation Rakai Health Sciences Program, Kalisizo, Uganda

Gertrude Nakigozi

Affiliation Rakai Health Sciences Program, Kalisizo, Uganda

Victor Ssempijja

Affiliation Rakai Health Sciences Program, Kalisizo, Uganda

Arnold H. Packer

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

David Serwadda

Affiliation Rakai Health Sciences Program, Kalisizo, Uganda

Thomas C. Quinn

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ronald H. Gray

Affiliation Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Robert C. Bollinger

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Steven J. Reynolds

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LWC JK GN AHP DS TCQ RHG RB SJR. Performed the experiments: LWC JK GN RHG SJR. Analyzed the data: LWC VS RHG. Wrote the paper: LWC JK GN VS AHP DS TCQ RHG RB SJR.