About the Authors

Joel M. O'Bryan

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

James A. Potts

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Herbert L. Bonkovsky

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America

Anuja Mathew

Anuja.mathew@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alan L. Rothman

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America, Institute for Immunology and Informatics, University of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

for the HALT-C Trial Group

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. Financial relationships of the authors with Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., are as follows: H.L. Bonkovsky receives research support. Authors with no financial relationships related to this project are J.M. O'Bryan, J.A. Potts, A. Mathew and A.L. Rothman.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALR AM. Performed the experiments: JMO. Analyzed the data: JO JAP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HLB. Wrote the paper: JMO AM ALR.