About the Authors

Peter W. Hunt

phunt@php.ucsf.edu

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Alan L. Landay

Affiliation Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Elizabeth Sinclair

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Jeffrey A. Martinson

Affiliation Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Hiroyu Hatano

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Brinda Emu

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Philip J. Norris

Affiliations Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Michael P. Busch

Affiliations Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Jeffrey N. Martin

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Cicely Brooks

Affiliation Department of Immunology/Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Joseph M. McCune

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Steven G. Deeks

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Laboratory 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

Formulated the hypotheses, contributed to the design of the research, analyzed the data, interpreted the results, and wrote the manuscript: PWH. Contributed to framing the hypotheses, the design of the research, supervised the Treg measurements, and provided access to ACTG control samples: ALL. Performed the T cell activation and cytokine flow cytometry measurements: ES. Performed the Treg measurements: JAM CB. Provided access to the low-level viremia and HIV-specific antibody measurements, analyzed these data, and contributed to the interpretation of these measures: HH. Provided access to the cytokine flow cytometry data and contributed to the interpretation of these measures: BE. Supervised the HIV-specific antibody measurements and contributed to the interpretation of these results: PJN MPB. Provided access to patient samples and contributed to the design and analysis of the data: JNM. Contributed to framing the hypotheses and interpreting the results: JMM. Provided patient samples and contributed to framing the hypotheses, designing the research, and interpreting the results: SGD.