About the Authors

Diana Goode

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Meropi Aravantinou

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Sebastian Jarl

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Rosaline Truong

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Nina Derby

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Natalia Guerra-Perez

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Jessica Kenney

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

James Blanchard

Affiliation Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University Sciences Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America

Agegnehu Gettie

Affiliation Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Melissa Robbiani

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Elena Martinelli

emartinelli@popcouncil.org

Affiliation Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EM. Performed the experiments: DG SJ MA RT ND NGP JK . Analyzed the data: EM DG SJ MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB AG MR. Wrote the paper: EM. Coordinated the animal procedures: AG JB.