About the Authors

Susan Zolla-Pazner

zollas01@med.nyu.edu

Affiliations Department of Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System, New York, New York, United States of America, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Allan deCamp

Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Peter B. Gilbert

Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Constance Williams

Affiliation New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Nicole L. Yates

Affiliation Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

William T. Williams

Affiliation Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Robert Howington

Affiliation Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Youyi Fong

Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Daryl E. Morris

Affiliation Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Kelly A. Soderberg

Affiliation Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Carmela Irene

Affiliation Public Health Research Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Charles Reichman

Affiliation Public Health Research Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Abraham Pinter

Affiliation Public Health Research Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Robert Parks

Affiliation Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Punnee Pitisuttithum

Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol, Thailand

Jaranit Kaewkungwal

Affiliation Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol, Thailand

Supachai Rerks-Ngarm

Affiliation Ministry of Public Health, Bangkok, Thailand

Sorachai Nitayaphan

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand

Charla Andrews

Affiliation Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Robert J. O’Connell

Affiliation Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Zhi-yong Yang

Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Gary J. Nabel

Current address: Sanofi Aventis U.S. LLC, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Virology Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jerome H. Kim

Affiliation Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

Nelson L. Michael

Affiliation Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

David C. Montefiori

Affiliation Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Hua-Xin Liao

Affiliation Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Barton F. Haynes

Affiliation Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Georgia D. Tomaras

Affiliation Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SZP BFH GDT DCM HXL NLM PBG ADC DEM JHK RJO. Performed the experiments: CW RP NLY WTW RH. Analyzed the data: PBG ADC YF DEM NLY WTW RH RP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP HXL SR-N SN KAS CA NLM RJO CI CR PP JK GJN ZYY. Wrote the paper: SZP BFH GDT ADC PBG NLM JHK RJO. Interpretation of the data: SZP BFH GDT ADC PBG NLY KAS NLM JHK RJO.