About the Authors

Timothy Q. Crawford

Affiliation Hawaii Center for HIV/AIDS, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Fredrick M. Hecht

Affiliation HIV/AIDS Division, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Christopher D. Pilcher

Affiliation HIV/AIDS Division, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lishomwa C. Ndhlovu

Affiliation Hawaii Center for HIV/AIDS, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Jason D. Barbour

jbarbour@hawaii.edu

Affiliation Hawaii Center for HIV/AIDS, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

Jason Barbour serves as an academic editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TQC LCN JDB. Performed the experiments: TQC. Analyzed the data: TQC JDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FMH CDP JDB. Wrote the paper: TQC FMH CDP LCN JDB.