About the Authors

James J. Kobie

james_kobie@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Danielle C. Alcena

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Bo Zheng

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Peter Bryk

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Jonelle L. Mattiacio

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Matthew Brewer

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Celia LaBranche

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Laboratory for AIDS Vaccine Research and Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Faith M. Young

Affiliation J.P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Stephen Dewhurst

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

David C. Montefiori

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Laboratory for AIDS Vaccine Research and Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Alexander F. Rosenberg

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Changyong Feng

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Xia Jin

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Michael C. Keefer

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Ignacio Sanz

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: co-author Xia Jin is an Academic Editor of PLoS ONE. 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: JJK DA CL SD DCM XJ MK IS. Performed the experiments: JJK DA BZ PB JM MB CL FMY. Analyzed the data: JJK DA JM CL DCM SD AFR CF XJ MK IS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM MB SD AFR FMY. Wrote the paper: JJK DA IS.