Human Endogenous Retrovirus K106 (HERV-K106) Was Infectious after the Emergence of Anatomically Modern Humans

• Aashish R. Jha ,

  * E-mail: nepaliaashish@gmail.com (ARJ); satish.pillai@ucsf.edu (SKP)

  Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Douglas F. Nixon,

  Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Michael G. Rosenberg,

  Affiliation Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

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• Jeffrey N. Martin,

  Affiliation HIV/AIDS Division, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Steven G. Deeks,

  Affiliation HIV/AIDS Division, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Richard R. Hudson,

  Affiliation Department of Evolution and Ecology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Keith E. Garrison ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Keith E. Garrison, Satish K. Pillai

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga, California, United States of America

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• Satish K. Pillai

  Contributed equally to this work with: Keith E. Garrison, Satish K. Pillai

  * E-mail: nepaliaashish@gmail.com (ARJ); satish.pillai@ucsf.edu (SKP)

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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