About the Authors
- Hemant Kulkarni
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* E-mail: kulkarnih@uthscsa.edu (HK); ahujas@uthscsa.edu (SKA)
Affiliation Veterans Administration Research Center for AIDS and HIV-1 Infection, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Vincent C. Marconi
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Affiliations Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 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
- Brian K. Agan
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Affiliation Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Carole McArthur
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Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- George Crawford
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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
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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
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Affiliations 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, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, United States of America
- Sunil K. Ahuja
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* E-mail: kulkarnih@uthscsa.edu (HK); 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, 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 MJD SKA. Performed the experiments: MJD. Analyzed the data: HK MJD SKA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HK. Wrote the paper: HK SKA. Conducted statistical analyses: HK. Provided critical conceptual input and helped with the writing of the paper: VM BA CM GC RAC. Provided samples from Cameroon: CM.