About the Authors

Costin Tomescu

Affiliation The Wistar Institute, HIV Immunopathogenesis Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Qin Liu

Affiliation The Wistar Institute, Biostatistics Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Brian N. Ross

Affiliation The Wistar Institute, HIV Immunopathogenesis Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Xiangfan Yin

Affiliation The Wistar Institute, Biostatistics Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kenneth Lynn

Affiliation UPENN-Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Karam C. Mounzer

Affiliation Philadelphia FIGHT, The Jonathan Lax Treatment Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jay R. Kostman

Affiliation UPENN-Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Luis J. Montaner

Montaner@wistar.org

Affiliation The Wistar Institute, HIV Immunopathogenesis Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJM CT JRK KCM. Performed the experiments: CT BNR. Analyzed the data: LJM CT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QL XY. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: LJM CT QL KCM JRK. Completed all of multivariable modeling and advised on the statistical analysis: QL XY. Coordinated subject recruitment and analyzed subject behavioral data: KL JRK KCM.