About the Authors

Hemant Kulkarni

Affiliations Veterans Administration Research Center for AIDS and HIV-1 Infection, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Brian K. Agan

Affiliations Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Infectious Disease Service, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, United States of America, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States of America

Vincent C. Marconi

Affiliations Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Infectious Disease Service, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, United States of America, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States of America

Robert J. O'Connell

Affiliations Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Infectious Disease Service, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, United States of America

Jose F. Camargo

Affiliations Veterans Administration Research Center for AIDS and HIV-1 Infection, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Weijing He

Affiliations Veterans Administration Research Center for AIDS and HIV-1 Infection, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Judith Delmar

Affiliations Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Infectious Disease Service, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, United States of America, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kenneth R. Phelps

Affiliations Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Albany, New York, United States of America, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

George Crawford

Affiliation Veterans Administration Research Center for AIDS and HIV-1 Infection, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Robert A. Clark

Affiliation Veterans Administration Research Center for AIDS and HIV-1 Infection, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Matthew J. Dolan

mdolan@ idcrp.org (MJD); ahujas@uthscsa.edu (SKA)

Affiliations Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Infectious Disease Service, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, United States of America, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, United States of America, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States of America

Sunil K. Ahuja

mdolan@ idcrp.org (MJD); ahujas@uthscsa.edu (SKA)

Affiliations Veterans Administration Research Center for AIDS and HIV-1 Infection, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK BA MJD SKA. Performed the experiments: VM RJO JC WH KRP GC MJD. Analyzed the data: HK JC WH JD KRP GC RAC MJD SKA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BA VM RJO JD RAC. Wrote the paper: HK MJD SKA. Contributed substantially to data analysis and preparation of manuscript: RAC GC KRP WH JC JD RJO VM BA. Contributed substantially to clinical cohort development and conceptual ideas: JD RJO VM BA. Made substantial contributions to experimental data and/or conceptual ideas: RAC GC KRP WH JC.