About the Authors

Tao Ding

Affiliation National Laboratory for HIV Immunology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Michèle Bergeron

Affiliation National Laboratory for HIV Immunology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Peggy Seely

Affiliation National Laboratory for HIV Immunology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Xuefen Yang

Affiliations National Laboratory for HIV Immunology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, National Laboratory for HIV Immunology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Tamsir O. Diallo

Affiliations National Laboratory for HIV Immunology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, National Laboratory for HIV Immunology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Margot Plews

Margot.Plews@phac-aspc.gc.ca

Affiliation National Laboratory for HIV Immunology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Paul Sandstrom

Affiliations National Laboratory for HIV Immunology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, National Laboratory for HIV Immunology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

T. Blake Ball

Affiliations National Laboratory for HIV Immunology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, National Laboratory for HIV Immunology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Adrienne F. A. Meyers

Affiliations National Laboratory for HIV Immunology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, National Laboratory for HIV Immunology, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors declare that co-author Paul Sandstrom is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter their adherence to all of the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TD MB TBB AFAM. Performed the experiments: TD PS TOD XY. Analyzed the data: TD MB TBB MP PS AFAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB PS TOD XY MP TBB AFAM. Wrote the paper: TD MB PS MP TBB AFAM.