About the Authors

Sheena Saayman

Affiliation Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Samantha Barichievy

Affiliation Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Alexio Capovilla

Affiliation HIV Pathogenesis Lab, Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Kevin V. Morris

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Patrick Arbuthnot

Affiliation Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Marc S. Weinberg

marc.weinberg@wits.ac.za

Affiliation Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MW SS. Performed the experiments: MW SS SB. Analyzed the data: KM MW SS AC PA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KM MW AC. Wrote the paper: KM MW PA.