About the Authors

Yoshiaki Takahashi

Current address: Laboratory of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Siddappa N. Byrareddy

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Christina Albrecht

Affiliation Primate Genetics Laboratory, German Primate Center, Leibniz-Institute for Primate Research, Göttingen, Germany

Markus Brameier

Affiliation Primate Genetics Laboratory, German Primate Center, Leibniz-Institute for Primate Research, Göttingen, Germany

Lutz Walter

Affiliation Primate Genetics Laboratory, German Primate Center, Leibniz-Institute for Primate Research, Göttingen, Germany

Ann E. Mayne

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Paul Dunbar

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Robert Russo

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Dawn M. Little

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Tara Villinger

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ladawan Khowawisetsut

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Kovit Pattanapanyasat

Affiliation Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Francois Villinger

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Division of Pathology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Aftab A. Ansari

pathaaa@emory.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAA YT FV. Performed the experiments: AEM PD RR DML TV LK CA MB YT. Analyzed the data: YT SNB LW KP FV AAA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LW KP FV AAA. Wrote the paper: AAA.