About the Authors

Jeffrey R. Currier

jcurrier@hivresearch.org

Affiliation United States Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Viseth Ngauy

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute for Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand

Mark S. de Souza

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute for Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand

Silvia Ratto-Kim

Affiliation United States Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Josephine H. Cox

Affiliation International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), New York, New York, United States of America

Victoria R. Polonis

Affiliation United States Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Patricia Earl

Affiliation Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Bernard Moss

Affiliation Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sheila Peel

Affiliation United States Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Bonnie Slike

Affiliation United States Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Somchai Sriplienchan

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute for Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand

Prasert Thongcharoen

Affiliation Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Robert M. Paris

Affiliation Armed Forces Research Institute for Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand

Merlin L. Robb

Affiliation United States Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Jerome Kim

Affiliation United States Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Nelson L. Michael

Affiliation United States Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Mary A. Marovich

Affiliation United States Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRC VN MdS JC MAM. Performed the experiments: JRC MdS SRK JC VRP SP SS PT MAM. Analyzed the data: JRC VN MdS SRK JC VRP BMS RMP MLR JHK NM MAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JRC MdS PE BM SP SS PT MAM. Wrote the paper: JRC VN MdS MAM.