About the Authors

Niko Beerenwinkel

niko.beerenwinkel@bsse.ethz.ch

Affiliations Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland

Hesam Montazeri

Affiliations Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland

Heike Schuhmacher

Affiliations Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Basel, Switzerland

Patrick Knupfer

Affiliation Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland

Viktor von Wyl

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Hansjakob Furrer

Affiliation Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

Manuel Battegay

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Bernard Hirschel

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

Matthias Cavassini

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Pietro Vernazza

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Enos Bernasconi

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Regional Hospital Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland

Sabine Yerly

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Jürg Böni

Affiliation Swiss National Center for Retroviruses, Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Thomas Klimkait

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Cristina Cellerai

Affiliation Division of Immunology and Allergy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vadois, Lausanne, Switzerland

Huldrych F. Günthard

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

The Swiss HIV Cohort Study

Membership of the Swiss HIV Cohort Study is provided in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following potential conflicts: HFG has been a medical adviser and/or consultant for GlaxoSmithKline, Abbott, Novartis, Boehringer Ingelheim, Gilead Sciences, Roche, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Tibotec, and Bristol-Myers Squibb, and has received unrestricted research, travel, and educational grants from Roche, Abbott, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, ViiV Healthcare, Tibotec and Merck Sharp & Dohme (all money sent to institution). SY has participated in advisory board of Bristol-Meyers Squibb, has received travel grants from ViiV and Merck Sharp & Dohme, and has been paid for development of educational presentations by Gilead. VvW was supported by a fellowship of the Novartis Foundation (formerly Ciba-Geigy Jubilee Foundation). HF's institution has received money from participation in advisory boards of ViiVHealthcare, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Gilead, Merck Sharp & Dome, Boehringer-Ingelheim, and Janssen, and has received unrestricted educational or research grants from Abbott, ViiV Healthcare, BMS, Roche, Gilead, Merck Sharp & Dome, and Janssen-Cilag. MB has been paid by ViiV, Gilead, and MSD for serving on advisory boards and his institution has received educational and research grants from ViiV, Boehringer, Gilead, Abbott, and Bristol-Meyers Squibb. MC has received travel grants from Abbott, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Gilead, and MSD. PV has been paid for consulting Bristol-Meyers Sqibb, Merck Sharp & Dohme, and Janssen, and for lecturing by Janssen and Gilead. EB has been paid by Boehringer Ingelheim, Gilead, Merck Sharp & Dohme, and ViiV for consultancy and board membership, and his institution has been paid by Janssen, Gilead, Abbott, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, and Merck Sharp & Dohme for board membership and consultancy.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NB PK VvW HFG. Performed the experiments: VvW HF MB BH MC PV EB SY JB TK CC HFG. Analyzed the data: NB HM HS PK VvW HFG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VvW HF MB BH MC PV EB SY JB TK CC HFG. Wrote the paper: NB HM HS PK VvW HFG.