About the Authors

Emilie Zuercher

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Christophe Butticaz

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Josiane Wyniger

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Raquel Martinez

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Manuel Battegay

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Emmanuelle Boffi El Amari

Affiliation University Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Thanh Dang

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Service, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Jean-François Egger

Affiliation Pathology, Laboratoire Viollier Weintraub SA, Geneva, Switzerland

Jan Fehr

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Esther Mueller-Garamvögyi

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Andrea Parini

Affiliation Medical Service, Ospedale Regionale, Lugano, Switzerland

Stephan C. Schaefer

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Franziska Schoeni-Affolter

Affiliation Swiss HIV Cohort Study Data Center, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Christine Thurnheer

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Marianne Tinguely

Affiliation Institute of Surgical Pathology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Amalio Telenti

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Sylvia Rothenberger

sylvia.rothenberger-aubert@chuv.ch

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

and the Swiss HIV cohort study

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: JFE is employee of Laboratoire Viollier Weintraub SA. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EZ AT SR. Performed the experiments: EZ CB JW SR. Analyzed the data: EZ SR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM MB EBEA TD JFE JF EMG AP SCS FSA CT MT. Wrote the paper: EZ AT SR.