About the Authors

Imke Steffen

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

D. Lorne Tyrrell

Affiliation Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Eleanor Stein

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Leilani Montalvo

Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Tzong-Hae Lee

Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Yanchen Zhou

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

Kai Lu

Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America

William M. Switzer

Affiliation Laboratory Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Shaohua Tang

Affiliation Laboratory Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Hongwei Jia

Affiliation Laboratory Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Darren Hockman

Affiliation Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Deanna M. Santer

Affiliation Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Michael Logan

Affiliation Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Amir Landi

Affiliation Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

John Law

Affiliation Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Michael Houghton

michael.houghton@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Graham Simmons

Affiliations Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of 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

Conceived and designed the experiments: DLT ES TL YZ WMS MH GS. Performed the experiments: IS LM KL ST HJ DH DMS ML AL JL. Analyzed the data: IS TL WMS MH GS. Wrote the paper: IS MH GS.