About the Authors

Danni Ramduth

dramduth@gmail.com

Affiliation HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Cheryl L. Day

Current address: SATVI laboratory, IIDMM, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Affiliations HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital East, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christina F. Thobakgale

Affiliation HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Nompumelelo P. Mkhwanazi

Affiliation HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Chantal de Pierres

Affiliation HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Sharon Reddy

Affiliation HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Mary van der Stok

Affiliation HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Zenele Mncube

Affiliation HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Kriebashne Nair

Affiliation HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Eshia S. Moodley

Affiliation HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Daniel E. Kaufmann

Affiliation Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital East, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hendrik Streeck

Affiliation Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital East, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hoosen M. Coovadia

Affiliation HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Photini Kiepiela

Affiliation HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Philip J. R. Goulder

Affiliations HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital East, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, The Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Bruce D. Walker

Affiliations HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital East, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DR CLD PG BDW. Performed the experiments: DR CFT NM CdP SR MvdS ZM KN ESM. Analyzed the data: DR CLD CdP PK PG BDW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DEK. Wrote the paper: DR CLD CdP HS HMC BDW.