About the Authors

Valerie Cortez

Affiliations Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Bingjie Wang

Affiliation Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Adam Dingens

Affiliations Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Mitchell M. Chen

Affiliation Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Keshet Ronen

Affiliation Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ivelin S. Georgiev

Affiliation Vaccine Research Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

R. Scott McClelland

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Julie Overbaugh

joverbau@fhcrc.org

Affiliation Human Biology Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VC JO. Performed the experiments: VC BW AD MMC. Analyzed the data: VC ISG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KR. Wrote the paper: VC ISG JO. Edited the manuscript: VC AD MMC KR ISG RSM JO. Oversaw clinical aspects of the cohort, including directing clinical monitoring and follow-up: RSM. Oversaw all aspects of this research project: JO.