About the Authors

Mélanie Bouvin-Pley

Affiliation Université François Rabelais, Inserm U966, Tours, France

Marion Morgand

Affiliation Université François Rabelais, Inserm U966, Tours, France

Alain Moreau

Affiliation Université François Rabelais, Inserm U966, Tours, France

Pauline Jestin

Affiliations Université Paris Sud, CESP Inserm U1018, Paris, France, AP-HP Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

Claire Simonnet

Affiliation Université François Rabelais, Inserm U966, Tours, France

Laurent Tran

Affiliations Université Paris Sud, CESP Inserm U1018, Paris, France, AP-HP Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, for the ANRS SEROCO and PRIMO study groups

Cécile Goujard

Affiliations Université Paris Sud, CESP Inserm U1018, Paris, France, AP-HP Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, for the ANRS SEROCO and PRIMO study groups

Laurence Meyer

Affiliations Université Paris Sud, CESP Inserm U1018, Paris, France, AP-HP Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, for the ANRS SEROCO and PRIMO study groups

Francis Barin

Affiliations Université François Rabelais, Inserm U966, Tours, France, Centre National de Référence VIH, Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, CHU Bretonneau, Tours, France

Martine Braibant

braibant@med.univ-tours.fr

Affiliation Université François Rabelais, Inserm U966, Tours, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FB MB. Performed the experiments: MBP MM AM CS. Analyzed the data: MBP MM AM PJ LT CG LM FB MB. Wrote the paper: MBP FB MB. Selection and characterization of plasma and serum samples: LT CG LM.