About the Authors

William M. Switzer

bswitzer@cdc.gov

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

HaoQiang Zheng

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

Graham Simmons

Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute and Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California (UCSF), San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Yanchen Zhou

Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute and Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California (UCSF), San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 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

Anupama Shankar

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

Beatrix Kapusinszky

Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute and Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California (UCSF), San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Eric L. Delwart

Affiliation Blood Systems Research Institute and Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California (UCSF), San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Walid Heneine

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WMS ELD WH GS HZ. Performed the experiments: HZ AS ST GS YZ BK ELD. Analyzed the data: WMS HZ ELD GS WH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WMS HZ ELD. Wrote the paper: WMS ELD GS HZ WH.