About the Authors

Edward T. Richardson

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Medical Scientist Training Program, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Supriya Shukla

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Nancy Nagy

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

W. Henry Boom

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Center for AIDS Research, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Rose C. Beck

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Lan Zhou

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Gary E. Landreth

Affiliation Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Clifford V. Harding

cvh3@cwru.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Center for AIDS Research, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ETR SS WHB LZ GEL CVH. Performed the experiments: ETR SS NN RCB. Analyzed the data: ETR SS WHB RCB LZ GEL CVH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GEL. Wrote the paper: ETR SS WHB LZ CVH.