About the Authors

Carmen Álvarez-Fernández

Contributed equally to this work with: Carmen Álvarez-Fernández, Alberto Crespo Guardo

Affiliation Institut dInvestigations Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-AIDS Research Group, Hospital Clinic, Catalonian Center for HIV Vaccines (HIVACAT) and University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Alberto Crespo Guardo

Contributed equally to this work with: Carmen Álvarez-Fernández, Alberto Crespo Guardo

Affiliation Institut dInvestigations Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-AIDS Research Group, Hospital Clinic, Catalonian Center for HIV Vaccines (HIVACAT) and University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Javier García-Pérez

Affiliation AIDS Immunopathology Unit. National Center of Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Felipe García

Affiliation Institut dInvestigations Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-AIDS Research Group, Hospital Clinic, Catalonian Center for HIV Vaccines (HIVACAT) and University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Julia Blanco

Affiliation Institut de Recerca de la Sindrome de Inmunodeficencia Adquirida, IrsiCaixa, Badalona, Spain-HIVACAT

Laura Escribà-García

Affiliation Institut dInvestigations Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-AIDS Research Group, Hospital Clinic, Catalonian Center for HIV Vaccines (HIVACAT) and University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Jose Maria Gatell

Affiliation Institut dInvestigations Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-AIDS Research Group, Hospital Clinic, Catalonian Center for HIV Vaccines (HIVACAT) and University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Jose Alcamí

Affiliation AIDS Immunopathology Unit. National Center of Microbiology, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

Montserrat Plana

Affiliation Institut dInvestigations Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-AIDS Research Group, Hospital Clinic, Catalonian Center for HIV Vaccines (HIVACAT) and University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Sonsoles Sánchez-Palomino

ssanchez@clinic.ub.es

Affiliation Institut dInvestigations Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)-AIDS Research Group, Hospital Clinic, Catalonian Center for HIV Vaccines (HIVACAT) and University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JA MP SSP. Performed the experiments: CAF ACG JGP FG LEG. Analyzed the data: CAF ACG FG MP SSP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB JA JG. Wrote the paper: CAF ACG JGP FG JB LEG JG JA MP SSP.